FEAR OF A CURSE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 12

FEAR OF A CURSE

A once-prosperous West of Ireland farmer, 59-year-old Mr. Richard Smyth, of Ballsbridge, Dublin, says he now faces destitution because of a woman's curse. Nineteen years ago a woman cursed him in a fit of anger. Ever since he has felt himself dogged by ill luck. Nothing he has tried has succeeded. The curse, he says, has cost him £10,000, forced him to sell his farm and go to Dublin to live with friends. The woman died seven years ago. Mr. Smyth and the woman lived on neighbouring farms. Only a narrow lane separated their lands. She was 50 years old. She never liked him, always wanted to get his farm. One day he seemed to have annoyed her. She cursed him, prayed that he would have nothing but bad luck as long as he lived. He had not meant any harm and did not mind her. but that evening he found two of his cattle dead. Next day he found two others dead. They kept on dying till they had all gone. Since that day he has had nothing but misfortune.