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Two days later he received a letter announcing Mr. Scott's death on the night, and at the hour, that he had seen the light in his room. The above leads us on to the famous "Beresford Ghost," which is generally regarded as holding the same position relative to Irish ghosts that Dame Alice Kyteler used to hold with respect to Irish witches and wizards.
Gaster, M. Two Thousand Years of a Charm Against the Child-stealing Witch. Folklore. Vol. XI, No. 2, June, 1900. For discussion of the dates of the Church Councils see Rev. Charles J. Hefele, Councils of the Church. Trans, fr. the German by C.W. Bush, 1883. Alice Kyteler.
A contemporary narrative of the Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler, prosecuted for sorcery by Richard de Ledrede, Bishop of Ossory, 1324. Edited by Thomas Wright. London, 1843. Burr, George L. The Literature of Witchcraft. Papers of the American Historical Association. Vol IV, pp. 37-66. G.P. Putnam's Sons. Michelet, J. La Sorcière. 488 pp. Paris, 1878. Trans. of Introduction by L.J. Trotter.
Lea, Inquisition in Spain, IV, 206. Ibid. See also Wright, ed., Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler, introd., ix. Ibid., x. See the royal letter itself printed in his footnote, and cf. The bishop was Philip Repington, late the King's chaplain and confessor. Ibid. Wright, ed., op. cit., introd., xvi-xvii. Jane Shore was finally tried before the court of the Bishop of London.
From some of the old Teuton laws we learn that it was believed that witches could take a man's heart out of his body and fill the cavity with straw or wood so that he would go on living. One of the famous witchcraft trials was that of the Lady Alice Kyteler, whose high rank could not save her from the accusation.
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