{"product_id":"2940148714507","title":"Witches in Europe, Volume II","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • two complete books\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eIRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY, ST. JOHN D. SEYMOUR\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eSome remarks on witchcraft in Ireland  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1324\u003cbr\u003eDame Alice Kyteler, the Sorceress of Kilkenny  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1223-1583\u003cbr\u003eThe Kyteler Case and its surroundings of sorcery and heresy—Michael Scot—The Fourth Earl of Desmond—James I and the Irish Prophetess—A sorcery accusation of 1447—Witchcraft trials in the sixteenth century—Statutes dealing with the subject—Eye-biters—The enchanted Earl of Desmond  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1606-1656\u003cbr\u003eA clerical wizard—Witchcraft cured by a relic—Raising the Devil in Ireland—How he was cheated by a Doctor of Divinity—Stewart and the Fairies—Rev. Robert Blair and the Man possessed with a Devil—Strange occurrences near Limerick—Apparitions of murdered people at Portadown—Charmed lives—Visions and portents—Petition of a bewitched Antrim man in England—Archbishop Ussher’s prophecies—Mr. Browne and the locked chest  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1661\u003cbr\u003eFlorence Newton, the Witch of Youghal  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1662-1686\u003cbr\u003eThe Devil at Damerville—And at Ballinagarde—Taverner and Haddock’s ghost—Hunter and the ghostly old woman—A witch rescued by the Devil—Dr. Williams and the haunted house in Dublin—Apparitions seen in the air in co. Tipperary—A clergyman and his wife bewitched to death—Bewitching of Mr. Moor—The fairy-possessed butler—A ghost instigates a prosecution—Supposed witchcraft in co. Cork—The Devil among the Quakers  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1688\u003cbr\u003eAn Irish-American Witch  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1689-1720\u003cbr\u003ePortent on entry of James II—Witchcraft in co. Antrim—Traditional version of same—Events preceding the Island-Magee witch-trial—The trial itself—Dr. Francis Hutchinson  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eA.D. 1807 TO PRESENT DAY\u003cbr\u003eMary Butters, the Carnmoney witch—Ballad on her—The Hand of Glory—A journey through the air—A “witch” in 1911—Some modern illustrations of cattle- and milk-magic—Transference of disease by a cailleach—Burying the sheaf—J.P.’s Commission—Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITCHCRAFT AND SUPERSTITIOUS RECORD IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN DISTRICT OF SCOTLAND, BY J. MAXWELL WOOD\u003cbr\u003eChapter I.\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Witchcraft Described  \u003cbr\u003eChapter II.\u003cbr\u003eWitch Narrative  \u003cbr\u003eChapter III.\u003cbr\u003eWitchcraft Trials and Persecution  \u003cbr\u003eChapter IV.\u003cbr\u003eFairies and Brownies  \u003cbr\u003eChapter V.\u003cbr\u003eWraiths and Warnings  \u003cbr\u003eChapter VI.\u003cbr\u003eDeath Customs and Funeral Ceremony  \u003cbr\u003eChapter VII.\u003cbr\u003eGhost Lore and Haunted Houses  \u003cbr\u003eAppendix.\u003cbr\u003e(a) Surprising Story of the Devil of Glenluce  \u003cbr\u003e(b) A True Relation of an Apparition which Infested\u003cbr\u003ethe house of Andrew Mackie, Ringcroft of\u003cbr\u003eStocking, Parish of Rerwick, e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108887380208,"sku":"2940148714507","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148714507_p0.jpg?v=1763706746","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148714507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}