CHAPTER I Some remarks on witchcraft in Ireland CHAPTER II A.D. 1324 Dame Alice Kyteler, the Sorceress of Kilkenny CHAPTER III A.D. 1223-1583 The 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 CHAPTER IV A.D. 1606-1656 A 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 CHAPTER V A.D. 1661 Florence Newton, the Witch of Youghal CHAPTER VI A.D. 1662-1686 The 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 CHAPTER VII A.D. 1688 An Irish-American Witch CHAPTER VIII A.D. 1689-1720 Portent 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 CHAPTER IX A.D. 1807 TO PRESENT DAY Mary 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
