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School: Ballyhack Convent

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Ballyhack, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0874, Page 164

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    she used to set about curing diseases on cattle. The people used to apply to her to recover their butter as they would attribute a shortage of production to some supernatural agency, which might often be traced to a natural cause.
    When Father Mac Irill got his people together in front of him in that dear old thatched chapel, from the Altar steps he set about dispelling their superstitious errors. He denounced the witch of Posture in all the moods and tenses. He soon brought her nefarious career to a close, but the people said she had some sort of revenge on Father Mac Irill. By working her demoniac spells or charms on the beautiful little mare that often carried him from the Tower of Hook to Dunbrody
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    Ballyhack, Co. Wexford