Lore 235: Privilege (ad-free) (Patreon)

The way folklore breaks through in our day to day lives is often dictated by the worldview that society applies to certain people. The way that has played out in practical terms, however, has been terrifying.

Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by Allie Steed and music by Chad Lawson.

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Further Reading:

1. “Was Irish witch Darkey Kelly really Ireland’s first serial killer?,” Irish Central, December 29, 2019, https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-witch-darkey-kelly-irelands-serial-killer
2. “‘Darkey Kelly’, Brothel Keeper of Dublin,” Georgian Era, February 15, 2018,  https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/darkey-kelly-brothel-keeper-of-dublin/
3. “DARKEY KELLY: WITCH, SERIAL KILLER, OR WRONGED WOMAN?,” SYFY, NOVEMBER 16, 2020,   https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/darkey-kelly-witch-serial-killer-or-wronged-woman
4. “Truth about Darkey kelly, burned as a 'witch' 250 years ago ... but who was really a serial killer,” Independent Ireland, January 8, 2011,   https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/truth-about-darkey-kelly-burned-as-a-witch-250-years-ago-but-who-was-really-a-serial-killer-27970534.html
5. “Prostitution in Ireland,” History Today, July 7, 2016, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/prostitution-ireland
6. “The Hellfire Club,” Abarta Heritaige,  https://www.abartaheritage.ie/hellfire-club-archaeological-project/hellfire-club-history/hellfire-club/
7. “Why Europe’s wars of religion put 40,000 ‘witches’ to a terrible death,” The Guardian, January 6, 2018,  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/07/witchcraft-economics-reformation-catholic-protestant-market-share
8. “How Medieval Churches Used Witch Hunts to Gain More Followers,” History.com, September 1, 2018,  https://www.history.com/news/how-medieval-churches-used-witch-hunts-to-gain-more-followers
9. “Irish Witch Trials,” Supernatural Ireland, https://sites.google.com/site/supernaturaleire/irish-witch-trials
10. “Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women,” Irish Central, October 2, 2020, https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-witch-trials-eight-women
11. “Witchipedia: Ireland’s most famous witches,” The Irish Times, October 28, 2017,  https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/witchipedia-ireland-s-most-famous-witches-1.3262008
12. Murray, Alexander. “Medieval Origins of the Witch Hunt.” The Cambridge Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, 1976, pp. 63–74.
13. Riddell, William Renwick. “The First Execution for Witchcraft in Ireland.” Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, vol. 7, no. 6, 1917, pp. 828–37.
14. Williams, Bernadette. “The Sorcery Trial of Alice Kyteler.” History Ireland, vol. 2, no. 4, 1994, pp. 20–24.
15. Sneddon, Andrew. “Witchcraft Belief and Trials in Early Modern Ireland.” Irish Economic and Social History, vol. 39, 2012, pp. 1–25.
16. Neary, Anne. “The Origins and Character of the Kilkenny Witchcraft Case of 1324.” Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, vol. 83C, 1983, pp. 333–50.
17. “Alice Kyteler: The Kilkenny ‘Witch’ Who Ran While her Servant Burned,” Ancient Origins, November 6, 2018, https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/alice-kyteler-0010954
18. “Dame Alice Kyteler,” Historic Kilkenny, https://www.historickilkenny.com/alice-kyteler
19. “The Sorcery Trial of Alice kyteler by Bernadette Williams,” History Ireland, Winter 1994, https://www.historyireland.com/the-sorcery-trial-of-alice-kyteler-by-bernadette-williams
20. “Witch Trials and Witchcraft in Ireland: Alice Kyteler,” Irish Folklore, October 30, 2019, https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2019/10/30/witch-trials-and-witchcraft-in-ireland-alice-kyteler
21. Seymour St John D. Irish Witchcraft and Demonology. Floating Press 2014.
22. “Irish women on trial for witchcraft,” Irish Central, May 2, 2020, https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-women-trial-witchcraft
23. Swartz, Dorothy Dilts. “The Legal Status of Women in Early and Medieval Ireland and Wales in Comparison with Western European and Mediterranean Societies: Environmental and Social Correlations.” Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, vol. 13, 1993, pp. 107–18.
24. Clar, Charlotte. 2022. “How Gaelic Irish Women Exercised Agency in Early Modern Ireland, 1400-1700”. the Ascendant Historian 2 (June), 23-31.
25. “Ledrede (Leatherhead), Richard,” Dictionary of Irish Biography, https://www.dib.ie/biography/ledrede-leatherhead-richard-a4750