3 CONTENTS WITCHCRAFT BELIEF-5 Rev. James Shaw and his wife, 1672- 5 Murder of suspected witch in Antrim Town, 1698 -6 The prosecution and trial of the ‘Islandmagee Witches’, Co. Antrim, 1711-8 Witchcraft in Scotland-11 Explanations for lack of witchcraft prosecutions in Irish courts, 1718-14 Magical Protection against butter-stealing witches-14 The power of a witch, 1873-15 FAIRY BELIEF-18 Fairy belief- general-19 Fairy bushes and fairy forts-32 Fairy changelings-37 Changelings-murder-41 Fairy blast or elf-shot-50 THE EVIL-EYE-53 General belief-53