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Scéal Mary Butters, bhí cáil ar Butters i measc a pobail mar gheall gur chleacht sí draíocht na ndaoine. Iarradh uirthi bó a shaoradh ó dhiamhracht agus ní raibh sé i bhfad ina dhiaidh sin go bhfuair triúir bás tobann. An asarlaíocht a bhí ann, nó timpiste, nó an ndearnadh d'aon turas é? Bhí deireadh ag teacht leis na géarleanúintí san Eoraip faoi tráth seo agus rinne an eaglais agus an uasaicme beag is fiú d'eolas osnádúrtha na mná ag déanamh amach nach raibh ann ach piseoga seafóideacha. Ach chreid na daoine go láidir sna piseoga seo go fóill.

It's 1807 County Antrim, and a multiple murder takes place in the small village of Carnmoney. Local ‘wise woman’ Mary Butters - aka the Carnmoney Witch - was called to the home of Elizabeth Montgomery to remove bewitchment from the family cow. Mary Butters uses a series of spells and incantations to fight against the ‘milk witch’. The house is sealed, sulphur is burnt and, in the morning, three members of the family are found dead, in what the jury ruled was a mistaken use of sulphur. Mary Butters was found not guilty, but on the grounds of 'female ignorance' rather than evidence.