Cobh's 'White Witch' Helen Barrett- What are your experiences with her?

LCDeelite · 11-07-2008 10:53pm #1

What are people's experiences (if any) with 'The White Witch', Helen Barrett? Positive and/or negative..

6th · 12-07-2008 7:47pm

Having seen her give a talk and known people who have gotten readings off her I have to say, whether or not she possesses a "gift" the way she puts across information can only be described as "odd". She is a bit of a crazy character (I mean that in a nice way) and has such an amazing belief in herself, whatever she says she believes absolutely. By that I mean I dont think she could ever be accused of intentionally acting fraudulently.

johnstu77v · 12-07-2008 8:08pm

i know agood few people who went 2 see her they were all very happy wit wot she told dem and would go again. was gonna go my self only cant get in contact wit her deferant no. now

kerry4sam · 13-07-2008 2:29am

know of a few people who have gone to see her and highly recommend her in that they return(3of them) annually ... I however keep putting off the visit as i think she leads them in a direction that they may not otherwise have taken (but then again, that could be the result from all psychics)

but she is supposedly quite unique and worth a visit if that's your scene

OrangeDaisy · 14-07-2008 6:54pm

I know 3 people who went to see her and 2 of them were amazed by her but the other girl thought she didn't have a clue at all!!!
Would love to visit her though and see what she says

stevenmu · 14-07-2008 7:50pm

People seem to find her very hit and miss, some people think she is fantastic, others think she is .. well .. the exact opposite

LCDeelite · 22-07-2008 11:54pm

I know that the founder of the World Ghost Convention (who holds a doctorate in psychology) and Professor Margaret Humphrys of UCC's Folklore and Ethnology Department both hold her in high esteem. They have each known her for many years.

6th · 22-07-2008 11:57pm

Margaret Humphrys, is she any good? She's in the civic theatre in Tallaght in Sept.

LCDeelite · 24-07-2008 2:20pm

6th wrote: »

Margaret Humphrys, is she any good? She's in the civic theatre in Tallaght in Sept.

Does Margaret do psychic readings or what? Or do you just mean she's giving a lecture? I'm assuming it's the latter, based on my little knowledge about her.

Well, she has been invited back to the Convention year after year so I presume people have been pleased with her. She tends to talk about folklore and its correlation with many superstitions which abound today, in addition to differentiating wishful thinking from true perceptions.

She seems very interesting.

6th · 24-07-2008 5:03pm

Sorry I got the name wrong I was thinking of medium Margaret Hurdman.

LCDeelite · 24-07-2008 10:14pm

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Oh right- this lady here?

She's been doing her medium work for a good 30 years. I'd say she'll be worth seeing, 6th.

Good luck.

Star20 · 23-08-2008 9:25pm

Hello,
Could anyone PM me Cobh's 'White Witch' Helen Barrett number please i hear she is spot on and would love to go see her.

Much Appreciated
Star20

arac · 13-09-2008 3:09pm

me too, if anyone has her number please pm me too, I would be very grateful:)

LCDeelite · 19-09-2008 3:12am

The following really made me laugh.. :pac: It's very good! It's from someone's blog..

05 April 2007

White Witch

I'm practically falling asleep as I write this (with the keyboard exerting a kind of magnetic attraction on my head), so I'll be brief..

A chronology of my life according to Helen Barrett:

Well firstly, apparently my wrinkly palms are a result of the fact that I'm a very old soul (as opposed to any dirty jokes you wish to haul out of their worn and weathered cases)! I'm also psychic - as signified by a cross on my left palm! I'm so old though, that this is my last time in this life - last roll of the dice so to speak. I don't really mind though, given that I've drowned in previous lives and the fact that I'm not due to pop my clogs 'til I'm 84 anyway.

So there's this guy... with whom I shall form a deep bond/connection with at 23. At 25 he'll propose (possibly on my birthday), house at 26, married at 27 and babba at 28. How...common or garden. Sigh. However, this baby shall be a boy and will grow up to be famous. There's also a connection with him and military/sporting medals! Two years later are twin girls, followed by a girl, a boy and another boy - all at varying intervals...'cept I probably wont have all these kids because I'll prob. need sections. Helen's confident that they'll come back as grandkids.

But who's the guy? Well I'm glad you asked! Because I'm not going to tell you! Not here anyway...Ask me in person though, you'll laugh if I do decide to tell you... All she showed me were his initials, but it's gas:) Who elso though..? At 35, I'm going to be tempted by someone returning into my life with the initial 'G' (is that a bell you hear ringing?). If I succumb to the affair, it'll break my heart and my marriage..It's going to be a 'major decision' apparently. Not much of a decision from where I'm standing... Other initials in my hand include an M with a star inside it (indicating celebrity). Or W depending on your point of view...

What else...erm... oh ya, I'm going to have a dog and a horse, live in a large house on a hill and retire at 60. I'm going to travel loads and I've an inordinate amount of luck coming my way. I should return to Ireland eventually though..

And before you mount your high horse in preparation of deriding all of this - back off; I never said I believed any of it. Anyway, I'm getting a real horse. So there. WOOHOO!

P.S. Apparently men perceive me as beng innocent.

P.P.S. I'll post about Dublin sometime when I'm feeling a little more lucid... Did I mention ELECTRIC PICNIC? No? I will do... Fair warning...

Posted by Fomma at 23:41

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1 comments:

Anthony Whelan said... I do perceive you as innocent. I'm not a fortune teller though. How much she charge you?
08 April 2007 00:34

Tupps · 04-10-2008 7:42am

Hiya, Myself and two friends went to the White Witch in June and she was ok. My friend found her very good but nothing she has said to me has happened yet. There was some things that were to happen by August and they didn't so not sure really. I have here number if you want to pm me. She did alot of answering her mobile and stretching cause she was tired on the night so not sure if there was alot of concentration going on. We have heard there is a really good woman in Croom in Limerick and at the moment trying to get her number.

Tupps · 04-10-2008 7:43am

Hiya,

I have the White Witches number if you want to pm me.

Tupps

dollybird · 11-10-2008 12:04am

hey guys just wondering cud anyone send me on helens number if they have it please

dollybird · 11-10-2008 12:32am

Star20 ur a legend thanks!!!!

arac · 11-10-2008 12:13pm

hi everyone,

I went to the White Witch on Tuesday with my sister and one of my friends. I came away and was a bit dissapointed. She was a hard lady to get in touch with from the offing, and after once abruptly cancelled our first meeting the week before, eventually we traipsed down to Cobh with open minds to see what all the fuss was about. For most of my reading Helen went on about herself and how she had been some New York radio station talking about Barrack Obama's (apparently) short life line..and rambled on about some cousin of hers that had 'willed' himself to be CEO of some big company in the US, this had been 'handy' for her as it meant he had the connections to get her on the NY radio station...she also went off on a tangent about how the witches had been banished from Ireland years and years ago, something about another famine before the famous famine, and randomly opened a page of some Cork Business Magazine that had her picture in it showing it to me before slamming it shut again. She told my sister how she had three phones, one for all the other witches of which she was head, one for her friends and family and one for plebs like ourselves! For most of these little monologues I found myself just going 'yeah yeah, sure you're great and very famous', but was mildly irritated, wasn't this supposed to be about me? In short she seemed to think quite highly of herself, which was a bit amusing...anyway she told me the following:
1.That I had never been heartbroken: This was the most amazing thing I thought that she was most inaccurate about as I had spent the last two years of my life getting over someone and I thought at the very least that she might have been able to pick up on that;
2.That I would be married at 33, have three kids at 34, 36, and 38 and would need c-sections (I note she told another poster this also). The curving upwards bracelets around my wrists indicated this...she said to 'ask anyone' who had had a c-section to see their wrists and that they would have the same lines;
3. Due to my curving upwards head line, an unusual feature in a palm, she told me, this indicated that I was a high achiever...not that untrue I suppose, in school and college I was quite the nerd!:o
3.That one of my sons would be in the military and would be famous (again she told this to my sister and another poster here)..she said that there was going to be an European Army and that was why this was showing up on so many palms of late..she said that something similar had happened before wwII in the palms of many people, who had sons who were due to be conscripted;
4.That I would be really successful, a cluster of small vertical lines high on my right hand indicated this and I would live in a detached house when I would be married (she even drew an impression of said house for me!), and that I would live by the sea;
5.She did get that I was in law, (am trainee solicitor) but not before telling me that I would go into politics first as my aura was purple..I found this heard to believe, I have only a very small interest in politics and don't harbour any further ambitions to pursue same;
6.She told me that I would die at 83, and that my lifeline was long and deep and that generally I would have emotional and finanacial security, good news I guess;
7.She told me that a man would complicate my life between the ages of 24-28, I found this to be accurate enough to be honest as my ex boyfriend lingers somewhat in the backround of my life complicating things, and that I would marry a man with the initials 'V'. She asked me the initials of my current parner, when I said they were 'C', she said sure that 'V' (the shape of the lines beneath my wedding finger) could be a 'C' too..how convenient!!
8.The only other accurate thing that she told me was that Canada and Oregan in America would be significant for me, now my best friend lives in Vancouver and I visited her last Christmas, so I figured it must be something to do with her..but sure who knows!
9.Again like my sister, and one of my friends, and one of the posters here she told me I would be tempted by a man around the age of 36 with the initials R...it seemed like we were all going to abandon our husbands and engage in sordid affairs!!
10.She told all of us that we were 'deeply pscyhic' owing to a star shape on our left hand:
11. She got my sister's boyfriend's profession right as well as other small things about her but generally her reading as well as one of my friends were pretty much the same as the above but for one or two things:
12. She told me that I would adapt well to other countries easily and bizarrely just wrote down the lines 'he loves you' on one of the pieces of paper that she provided for me;
13.Oh yeah and in my past life I had been killed by an earthqauke in San francisco at the age of 26.5 no less and if I went back there today I would recognise the place..cool:)

As I said she wrote out bits and pieces on a few pages of paper so I suppose you can go back in a few years and refer to them to see if her predictions transpire! As she went along her reading she would produce photopied pages of palms, sample palms if you will and would explain them for me. I thought this was a bit unneccesary after all I was only concerned with my own hand and not really those of others. She told me that several autopsies had confirmed that people who unfortunately lost their lives early on had short life lines so I suppose that was a little nugget of interest. She also mentioned the book 'The Secret' in passing and seemingly in no particular context, and she did this with my sister too, you would wonder was she endorsing it or something?

Overall, I thought alot of it was vague, that she was telling you more what you wanted to hear along the lines of traditional fortune telling, i.e. wealth, marriage, success etc. rather than anything truly pschycic and that generally it wasn't very accurate! But then again maybe my expectations were too high of one of the most famous pyschics in Ireland, I don't know... The tarot cards at the end were good, and for twenty bob it was a cheap night out and a bit of a laugh to do if you were looking for something different! We all waited in the local pub while one of us were in with her and the bar man could tell straight away that we were there to see her! Cobh is quite an atmospheric, errie town, all narrow winding streets with the majestic cathedral backdrop, its bells gonging every now and again, adding to the excitement and drama of the night but if anything it has made want to go and see someone really good, Ive heard there is an excellent lady in Blackpool Cork by the name of Veronica, so if anyone has her number please pm me! However as regards the White Witch, maybe you should go and see her yourself and make up your own mind!

LCDeelite · 12-10-2008 8:40pm

arac wrote: »

hi everyone,

I went to the White Witch on Tuesday with my sister and one of my friends. I came away and was a bit disappointed. She was a hard lady to get in touch with from the offing, and after once abruptly cancelled our first meeting the week before, eventually we traipsed down to Cobh with open minds to see what all the fuss was about. For most of my reading Helen went on about herself and how she had been some New York radio station talking about Barrack Obama's (apparently) short life line..and rambled on about some cousin of hers that had 'willed' himself to be CEO of some big company in the US, this had been 'handy' for her as it meant he had the connections to get her on the NY radio station...she also went off on a tangent about how the witches had been banished from Ireland years and years ago, something about another famine before the famous famine, and randomly opened a page of some Cork Business Magazine that had her picture in it showing it to me before slamming it shut again. She told my sister how she had three phones, one for all the other witches of which she was head, one for her friends and family and one for plebs like ourselves! For most of these little monologues I found myself just going 'yeah yeah, sure you're great and very famous', but was mildly irritated, wasn't this supposed to be about me? In short she seemed to think quite highly of herself, which was a bit amusing........As I said she wrote out bits and pieces on a few pages of paper so I suppose you can go back in a few years and refer to them to see if her predictions transpire! As she went along her reading she would produce photopied pages of palms, sample palms if you will and would explain them for me. I thought this was a bit unneccesary after all I was only concerned with my own hand and not really those of others. She told me that several autopsies had confirmed that people who unfortunately lost their lives early on had short life lines so I suppose that was a little nugget of interest. She also mentioned the book 'The Secret' in passing and seemingly in no particular context, and she did this with my sister too, you would wonder was she endorsing it or something?

Overall, I thought a lot of it was vague, that she was telling you more what you wanted to hear along the lines of traditional fortune telling, i.e. wealth, marriage, success etc. rather than anything truly pschycic and that generally it wasn't very accurate! But then again maybe my expectations were too high of one of the most famous pyschics in Ireland, I don't know... The tarot cards at the end were good, and for twenty bob it was a cheap night out and a bit of a laugh to do if you were looking for something different! We all waited in the local pub while one of us were in with her and the bar man could tell straight away that we were there to see her! Cobh is quite an atmospheric, errie town, all narrow winding streets with the majestic cathedral backdrop, its bells gonging every now and again, adding to the excitement and drama of the night but if anything it has made want to go and see someone really good, Ive heard there is an excellent lady in Blackpool Cork by the name of Veronica, so if anyone has her number please pm me! However as regards the White Witch, maybe you should go and see her yourself and make up your own mind!

EXCELLENT post, arac. Very well said.

People should take heed of it because it sums up what she's all about very, very well.

Well done.

holly1 · 13-10-2008 11:31am

Could someone PM me Sandra in Naas phone number,thankyou.

Shalamar · 11-11-2008 1:22am

Went to see her a few years ago with a friend, her mum and my mum. We turned up on our date and no sign of her, wasted journey, she rang to say she was at a funeral and rearranged and gave us a discount. You'd think she'd give us warning!

So anyway, arrived for our readings. My friend was getting into hers and I just found mine to be absolute crap. She was telling me how I would marry either a J or D. J was the boyfriend i had at the time (who is now gay) so that was crap. And as for the D? Im marrying a T! She said I was a bit psychic too.

Then she went on to tell me how I have great health and would never have any operations. - At the time I was after glandular fever, chronic tonsilitus for 8 months, a few A&E visits because the swelling was affecting my breathing and then eventually had the op (3 weeks after my reading) everything went fine then ripped my stitches and was back in hospital.

Fair to say she was well off the mark! and it wasnt a case of I was a skeptic and 'blocked' a proper reading, the opposite in fact.

Went to a lady named Stephanie though a year later down in Cobh - fantastic. Best ever! Went to see her a second time a year later and she was spot on again - same info as the first reading and much more. Even gave me a time limit, said I would meet my next love in around Jan/Feb (this was sept) and that he would be my last boyfriend. And low and behold, T came into my life 26th dec and havent looked back since. Now were planning to get hitched. Well worth it. Cant find her number now though.

Larsul3 · 25-11-2008 11:59am

Does anyone have Stephanie's number in Cobh?

The White Witch's number is <Please do not post phone numbers openly in the forum. Send any personal contact information via PM - Stevenmu>

Thanks

LCDeelite · 23-01-2009 4:04am

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partyguinness · 05-02-2009 4:26pm

Thats hilarious.

I went to her last April and I was told more or less the same thing such (from memory now):-

1. Wld live to 83
2. Cld have worked in medicine but choose law (admittedly true)
3. 3 children (set of twins)
4. Wld reach the top of my profession and very intelligent
5. Wld retire early
6. Be very very wealthy and successful by 38 (am 30)
7. Wld be tempted to have an affair...a homosexual affair:eek:
8. Wld have a famous child connected with military or sports
9 Big house;
10. Wife wld be wealthy and gave out some initials
11. Be successful in any country but not to leave Ireland before April 2010
12. Am psychic
13. Wld not call to see her again.

To be fair she only charged €25.00 for a good hour. She gave more advice than hard predictions. No mention of the past, present, or family.

She did go on about herself alot and while it was vague I did feel some sort of relief at the end.

Oh yeah..she said I should join a masonic lodge and she told me to get that book "The Secret"also to develop my psychic abilities

her buddy must have wrote it and she in for the royalties..lol

katia2009 · 18-03-2009 2:47am

Hi could you please send me her number or any good psychic you know. I am going trough tough time and I need some advice
Many thanks

Tupps wrote: »

Hiya, Myself and two friends went to the White Witch in June and she was ok. My friend found her very good but nothing she has said to me has happened yet. There was some things that were to happen by August and they didn't so not sure really. I have here number if you want to pm me. She did alot of answering her mobile and stretching cause she was tired on the night so not sure if there was alot of concentration going on. We have heard there is a really good woman in Croom in Limerick and at the moment trying to get her number.

katia2009 · 18-03-2009 2:50am

could you please pm her contact number.thanks

partyguinness wrote: »

Thats hilarious.

I went to her last April and I was told more or less the same thing such (from memory now):-

1. Wld live to 83
2. Cld have worked in medicine but choose law (admittedly true)
3. 3 children (set of twins)
4. Wld reach the top of my profession and very intelligent
5. Wld retire early
6. Be very very wealthy and successful by 38 (am 30)
7. Wld be tempted to have an affair...a homosexual affair:eek:
8. Wld have a famous child connected with military or sports
9 Big house;
10. Wife wld be wealthy and gave out some initials
11. Be successful in any country but not to leave Ireland before April 2010
12. Am psychic
13. Wld not call to see her again.

To be fair she only charged €25.00 for a good hour. She gave more advice than hard predictions. No mention of the past, present, or family.

She did go on about herself alot and while it was vague I did feel some sort of relief at the end.

Oh yeah..she said I should join a masonic lodge and she told me to get that book "The Secret"also to develop my psychic abilities her buddy must have wrote it and she in for the royalties..lol

karynp · 18-03-2009 10:39am

Anyone charging €20 or €25 for a reading is going to be popular from the off set really arent they,considering most charge twice that and a lot of peoples views would be,its only 25 quid so lets go and see.. Simple really,if everyne charged these prices then we would hear more about other readers. See,most people go to the well known folk,regardless of what is written about them from people already who have seen them,and even though the reviews are bad,which is the case mostly here,the information is disregarded and the number requested anyway. Why???? because its cheap and may be an hour long.
So i ask,why would you bother your behind visiting someone like this when there reviews are crap,hell,i will sit with you for an hour for €15 and dish the same advice.
why do people feel they are getting value for money based on the length of time spent with a reader? surely 10 or 15 mins of good solid info is better than 60 mins of drivel???

delta09 · 01-04-2009 9:55am

If anyone has the contact number for a girl called Stephanie in Cobh, an apparently good white witch please send it to me!!

tiatia · 08-04-2009 5:43pm

could someone please give me the phone number of the white witch of cobh

or even that gypsy rose lee

or someone like that in cork

as my fiancee has left cause she needs her space and my head is wrecked that i've lost her for good

tiatia · 09-04-2009 10:44am

just wondering if that stephaine one in cobh is any good..has any of ye or yere friends gone her if so was she accurate in any way

tiatia · 10-04-2009 8:01pm

any information on stephaine in cobh.

is she any good....could she give you details about your past and did any thing come true on wat was going to happen in the future

what did she do eg...cards,ball or wat other things.

have an appointment next week so would like some information please please

ilovecars · 10-04-2009 9:08pm

i went t see the white witch a few years back, she was in croom, did the reading in her car she had a cleft lip.. she was 50 for about ten m ins she told me i had a credit union loan, sha gave out stink t me cos i wasnt nodding when she suggested things, my 2 friends found her excellent, one saw her last wednesday said she was spot on

MrMojoRisin · 08-05-2009 1:35am

ilovecars wrote: »

i went t see the white witch a few years back, she was in croom, did the reading in her car she had a cleft lip.. she was 50 for about ten m ins she told me i had a credit union loan, sha gave out stink t me cos i wasnt nodding when she suggested things, my 2 friends found her excellent, one saw her last wednesday said she was spot on

Ah that isnt the White witch in Cork. Thats a different witch.

My gf and me went to the one in Cork for the laugh before and she was very hit n miss. More miss than hit. She told me I worked in something to do with travel which was way off coz I was a student working part time in a sports gear shop at da time!!Predicted I'd have a major money windfall two years from then but nope, didn't happen.Said I had healing hands and would work well with animals. She gave me some nums of an estate agent for me to consult about property investment and some fella who was a wizard workin in UCC!! :pac: She was a nice lady but she didn't come out with anything that made me think she was a psychic. My mate was in with her before though and said she was spot on in his ages that he first got married and when he got divorced. If that was guesswork it was very good. The last I heard about her was that she had taken to knockin back brandy and predicted that Barack Obama would die this year because the life line on his hand is short.

MrMojoRisin · 08-05-2009 1:42am

tiatia wrote: »

any information on Stephanie in Cobh.

is she any good....could she give you details about your past and did any thing come true on wat was going to happen in the future

what did she do eg...cards,ball or wat other things.

have an appointment next week so would like some information please please

I heard about her. Ya she's supposed to be very good. Someone said she reads cards and tea leaves.. Haven't heard a bad word about her. Never been to her but Id say Stephanie is way better than the white witch in the same town as her.

MrMojoRisin · 08-05-2009 7:20pm

this is the white witch in cobh

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MrMojoRisin · 12-05-2009 1:27am

She predicted before that Pope John Paul II would die in 1999 (he died in 2005)

Shes also said that she foresaw the Stardust nightclub tragedy happen and if I recall correctly, that a major night spot in Cork city would burn to the ground on the eve of the new millennium back in 2000. I can't remember the name of the place. Anyway it didn't happen.

I came across this stuff on her. I never knew she wrote that book The Secret! lol, is that what shes tellin people!?

Ms Barrett, author of The Secret, claims to have psychic abilities and has predicted economic gains for the end of this year.

"Whatever happens this year it will all end with massive prosperity. Celtic Tiger Ireland will roar back to life shortly too," she was quoted as saying on Irish Voice.

WHEN Ireland's most powerful people need help on making vital decisions,
Ireland's Chief White Witch Helen Barrett has the answers.

Helen Barret The Witch of the Isles carries her own sword which dates back to the 1770s, and her ceremonial robe bears her own special coat of arms.

Helen had her first experience of astral projection - travelling above the body using the power of the mind.

Helen, whose birth was predicted back in 1814, has the Ladder Of Destiny on her palm, which is recognised as the unique marking of the Witches' leader.

Helen has earned a reputation among the council of Elders as being extremely psychic and has predicted many major events.

Helen is on record as having foretold Princess Diana's death, John Kennedy Junior's fatal plane crash and the September 11 atrocity in New York.

Helen has one golden rule as a witch - and that is confidentiality.

I'm just wonderin where the records are of her saying Princess Di and John Kennedy Jr would die and 9/11 would happen before all of that happened ?

She even has a website here http://www.chipmaster-intl.com/irelandswhitewitch.com/index.html

Other peoples reviews of the WW..

I dunno, my mother went to see her too :rolleyes: a couple of years ago and basically told her that she had married into a curse that went back a thousand years on my fathers side and sent her off to another "psychic" to have it removed.
I felt it was all money orientated at the time, but she said the second woman didn't charge for her services..so I don't know. Not into witches much really.

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only went to WW as a psychic but was not impressed... and i know people who thought she was wonderful. I often wonder is it that she can only read some people or is that some people give too much away..

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My friend went and said she is totally bogus, thet nothing she said was correct. But I have read other accounts. But eitherway I'd be sceptical of the whole thing except one girl in UCC who used read palms was v accurate in my case!

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Yeah, ditto, I went to see her and she told me zippo about my future that was accurate as in NOTHING. It was so funny. She asked me for my date of birth and then proceded to read my start sign traits outta my ****ing hand !! HA! It was funny though.

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Me and a few people i know went to her we were all told that we'll get married and live in a two storey house near a bridge and have famous sportmen as sons. She actually really freaked me out she was so strange!!!! She only took €14 off us. I thought id never get out of the room.

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went to the white witch with some *friends* a while ago and what she said so far has come true!!
as we *or i* know we have more than one life path. i had two and choose one over the other. so we all control our own destiny, the white witch is there to guide you and whether you take her advice or not is upto you.
she helped me pick the right choices.

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Iwent to see the white witch in cobh a few years back with a few friends. her readings for my friends weren;t great but my one was spooky. She told me when and where i'd marry and buy a house(she was right).

She told me that my husband was right under my nose (a mate of mine at the time!!) .

She wrote down all the predictions so i can look back at them now a few years later and tick them all off as happened!!
Mad. I don't have her number though. one of my friends booked her

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Dunno. It all sort of speaks for itself.

Theres some stories about her here as well

http://www.trinitynews.ie/index.php/culture/13-theatre/359-yawn-of-the-dead

https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A3=ind9801&L=CELTIC-L&E=8bit&P=2299189&B=--&T=text%2Fplain;%20charset=iso-8859-1

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20020707/ai_n12849212/

http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2001/05/19/story3391.asp

She's well able to run the publicity machine thats for sure.

LCDeelite · 15-05-2009 1:01am

MrMojoRisin wrote: »

She predicted before that Pope John Paul II would die in 1999 (he died in 2005)

That's right- she said those things when she was on with her dear friend Neil Prendeville on his show on Cork's 96fm. I think he's originally from Cobh, hence his feeling of kinship with her. Someone I know told me that they have each known each other for well over 15 years. Go figure that she gets repeated airtime on his shows then. :rolleyes:

Shes also said that she foresaw the Stardust nightclub tragedy happen and if I recall correctly, that a major night spot in Cork city would burn to the ground on the eve of the new millennium back in 2000. I can't remember the name of the place. Anyway it didn't happen.

That was 'The Savoy' on Patrick St. It was a cinema once upon a time. I think they closed it as a cinema in the very early 90s, though correct me if I'm wrong on that. It's a music venue/nightclub nowadays.

I came across this stuff on her. I never knew she wrote that book The Secret! lol, is that what shes tellin people!?

WTF? She told them she wrote that stupid book?? As if.

Ms Barrett, author of The Secret, claims to have psychic abilities and has predicted economic gains for the end of this year.

"Whatever happens this year it will all end with massive prosperity. Celtic Tiger Ireland will roar back to life shortly too," she was quoted as saying on Irish Voice.

What year was she talking about in her reference to "economic gains" occurring then?

Helen Barrett The Witch of the Isles carries her own sword which dates back to the 1770s, and her ceremonial robe bears her own special coat of arms.

But so what if she has an ancient sword and some robes with her own coat of arms? Seriously? There are lads running around decrepit estates brandishing Samurai swords! :pac: And you can approach a tailor/dressmaker to get your own robes made complete with a crest to your liking. Having an ancient sword and some robes doesn't signify anything of consequence to most other people- only to the bearer of those items, TBH.

Helen had her first experience of astral projection - travelling above the body using the power of the mind.

Helen, whose birth was predicted back in 1814, has the Ladder Of Destiny on her palm, which is recognised as the unique marking of the Witches' leader.

Is there any quantifiable evidence to verify or substantiate any of the above? A feature in the palm can be misconstrued to be anything you want it to look like, in fairness- unless it's incredibly distinct.

Helen has earned a reputation among the council of Elders as being extremely psychic and has predicted many major events.

Helen is on record as having foretold Princess Diana's death, John Kennedy Junior's fatal plane crash and the September 11 atrocity in New York.

Well of course the council of Elders will put their weight behind her- they're all buddies with similar interests.

I'm just wonderin where the records are of her saying Princess Di and John Kennedy Jr would die and 9/11 would happen before all of that happened ?

Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing. Is there anybody out there who has evidence of her saying any of the above would happen before it actually did happen? Was she on any of the radio stations in July or early August 1997 saying that Princess Diana would be finished off in a Parisian car crash a month later? Was she talking to anyone on the radio, or to a journalist, making the 9/11 prediction during July/August 2001?

Ditto for the John Kennedy Jr thing. TBH, I don't and didn't have a clue about what exactly John Kennedy Jr did anyway, so I barely blinked an eye whenever it was he died (1998?).

Other peoples reviews of the WW..

I dunno, my mother went to see her too :rolleyes: a couple of years ago and basically told her that she had married into a curse that went back a thousand years on my fathers side and sent her off to another "psychic" to have it removed.
I felt it was all money orientated at the time, but she said the second woman didn't charge for her services..so I don't know. Not into witches much really.

She has told numerous people that they're "cursed" and, in turn, frightening them unnecessarily (if they're ready believers in those things). That is complete bull. I spoke to a woman who is very much 'in the know', and she told me that Helen (White Witch) has sent quite a few people to a lady in Waterford in order to have their 'curse' removed in exchange for a handy fee. Some of those people then wound up visiting this woman I know, who then had to reassure them that they were in no way cursed, etc.

Has anyone ever gone to a woman in Waterford for 'curse removal' on the White Witch's 'advice' and been charged money? I'd be interested to hear more.

only went to WW as a psychic but was not impressed... and i know people who thought she was wonderful. I often wonder is it that she can only read some people or is that some people give too much away..

I'd say that some people tell her far too much but hardly realise they're doing it at the time. Then they come out of their reading with her, proclaiming her 'psychic brilliance', how she's "fantastic", etc, etc, to their friends.

Yeah, ditto, I went to see her and she told me zippo about my future that was accurate as in NOTHING. It was so funny. She asked me for my date of birth and then proceded to read my star sign traits outta my ****ing hand !! HA! It was funny though.

A star sign alone won't tell you much about a person, in all fairness. Plus, I don't know how the traits of a Sun Sign can be read from a person's palm. That's boll*cks.

Me and a few people i know went to her we were all told that we'll get married and live in a two storey house near a bridge and have famous sportmen as sons. She actually really freaked me out she was so strange!!!!

Out of everyone I know who have been to her, there wasn't a single one of them whom she said *wouldn't* get married. All of them have marriage in their futures, according to her.

That 'prediction' about having famous sportsmen or famous military sons has also been given to dozens of people.

She only took €14 off us. I thought id never get out of the room.

It must have been a few years back when that person went to her because she's charging about €20-25 these days.

went to the white witch with some *friends* a while ago and what she said so far has come true!!
as we *or i* know we have more than one life path. i had two and choose one over the other. so we all control our own destiny, the white witch is there to guide you and whether you take her advice or not is upto you.
she helped me pick the right choices.

Hmmm.. That's interesting- predictions that have actually come to pass.

I went to see the white witch in cobh a few years back with a few friends. her readings for my friends weren;t great but my one was spooky. She told me when and where i'd marry and buy a house(she was right).

She told me that my husband was right under my nose (a mate of mine at the time!!) .

Again, that's interesting. I reckon she must get the odd few flashes of accuracy (particularly during years gone by), but that most of what she tells people these days is more 'filler' than 'killer'. I suppose it's difficult to maintain even an 80% accuracy rate on a continual basis, although that isn't a reasonable excuse for churning out generic readings to people and/or telling them that they're 'cursed'.

She wrote down all the predictions so i can look back at them now a few years later and tick them all off as happened!!
Mad. I don't have her number though. one of my friends booked her

Yeah, it's handy how she writes the main points on paper.

She's well able to run the publicity machine thats for sure.

That's true. I think she enjoys the 'glitzy', showbizzy side of what she does. I worked with a woman before who told me that Helen had appeared on TV3 on Halloween night about three years ago. She was fascinated by Helen telling the TV3 presenter that she could see the spirit of a little boy over her shoulder (the presenter's). There weren't any details given about this so-called spirit boy, as far as I know. :rolleyes:

Above all else, I think the White Witch is of benefit to the local economy in Cobh. When people come from elsewhere to see her, they usually spend money in the local pubs, restaurants, shops, and hotels- which can only be a positive thing.

MrMojoRisin · 15-05-2009 8:04pm

LCDeelite wrote: »

That was 'The Savoy' on Patrick St. It was a cinema once upon a time. I think they closed it as a cinema in the very early 90s, though correct me if I'm wrong on that. It's a music venue/nightclub nowadays.

Ya that was the place she said thatd burn to the ground. Apparently cause of an 'electrical fault'.

WTF? She told them she wrote that stupid book?? As if.

I know. Well either that or she was just misquoted.

What year was she talking about in her reference to "economic gains" occurring then?

2008 because the story was printed on that website n 2008 sometime. Ha, she was wrong about the economic gains.The economy has gone down the toilet.

Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing. Is there anybody out there who has evidence of her saying any of the above would happen before it actually did happen? Was she on any of the radio stations in July or early August 1997 saying that Princess Diana would be finished off in a Parisian car crash a month later? Was she talking to anyone on the radio, or to a journalist, making the 9/11 prediction during July/August 2001?

Well I never heard her making those predictions on the radio before. Don't remember any stories in the papers about her predictions either.

She has told numerous people that they're "cursed" and, in turn, frightening them unnecessarily (if they're ready believers in those things). That is complete bull. I spoke to a woman who is very much 'in the know', and she told me that Helen (White Witch) has sent quite a few people to a lady in Waterford in order to have their 'curse' removed in exchange for a handy fee. Some of those people then wound up visiting this woman I know, who then had to reassure them that they were in no way cursed, etc.

Ya, my buddy was told he was cursed and that he should go to some woman to get it removed. I think the woman was livin in west Cork though, not Waterford. I don't think there was going to be any money charged but needless to say, he laughed at the being cursed nonsense and didn't bother his [EMAIL="h@le"]h@le[/EMAIL] visiting any woman.

I'd say that some people tell her far too much but hardly realise they're doing it at the time. Then they come out of their reading with her, proclaiming her 'psychic brilliance', how she's "fantastic", etc, etc, to their friends.

It's best to go in there and keep your mouth shut.Let her do all the talking. She shouldn't need to ask any questions if shes actualy psycic.

Out of everyone I know who have been to her, there wasn't a single one of them whom she said *wouldn't* get married. All of them have marriage in their futures, according to her.

That 'prediction' about having famous sportsmen or famous military sons has also been given to dozens of people.

Thats rly funny because I was told Id be gettin hitched a few years from now and so were my mates and my ex (but not to me, lol).

It must have been a few years back when that person went to her because she's charging about €20-25 these days.

I handed over €20 when I saw her.

That's true. I think she enjoys the 'glitzy', showbizzy side of what she does. I worked with a woman before who told me that Helen had appeared on TV3 on Halloween night about three years ago. She was fascinated by Helen telling the TV3 presenter that she could see the spirit of a little boy over her shoulder (the presenter's). There weren't any details given about this so-called spirit boy, as far as I know. :rolleyes:

She was prob only playing things up for effect, it bein Halloween and all. Performing monkeys dont get any attention when they dont perform, see.

Above all else, I think the White Witch is of benefit to the local economy in Cobh. When people come from elsewhere to see her, they usually spend money in the local pubs, restaurants, shops, and hotels- which can only be a positive thing.

I won't be so cold of heart to deny this lady the money she generates for businesses in Cobh either. At least some good comes out of her readings.

ben bedlam · 15-05-2009 8:16pm

She is a complete fake, just like every single so called 'psychic'. Nothing or no one can predict the future and to believe otherwise is complete delusion. A 'psychic' could not predict the winner of a one horse race.

MrMojoRisin · 15-05-2009 8:21pm

ben bedlam wrote: »

She is a complete fake, just like every single so called 'psychic'. Nothing or no one can predict the future and to believe otherwise is complete delusion. A 'psychic' could not predict the winner of a one horse race.

Ah sure, thats pretty clear at this stage. I'm still wonderin how she got the exact ages that my mate got married and divorced at, tho. She couldn't have known that.

She can't predict fcuk all though.

mister gullible · 21-05-2009 10:30pm

LCDeelite wrote: »

I know that the founder of the World Ghost Convention (who holds a doctorate in psychology) and Professor Margaret Humphrys of UCC's Folklore and Ethnology Department both hold her in high esteem. They have each known her for many years.

lol

MrMojoRisin · 22-05-2009 3:31am

Heh heh, I forgot about that Ghost convention! They have it on every yr at around Halloween I think.Jaysus, who knew that the fella who started it is some doctor of psychology!? And hes buddies w/ the WW !!

Sure doesnt she speak up at that convention? So that's prob why hes endorsing her erm.. 'abilities'.

LCDeelite · 25-05-2009 9:33pm

MrMojoRisin wrote: »

Heh heh, I forgot about that Ghost convention! They have it on every yr at around Halloween I think.Jaysus, who knew that the fella who started it is some doctor of psychology!? And hes buddies w/ the WW !!

Sure doesnt she speak up at that convention? So that's prob why hes endorsing her erm.. 'abilities'.

Yeah, she gives a talk up there every year- since the whole thing began in, like, 2001.

Oh, the founder has very good reason for endorsing her 'abilities' because I imagine she's the principle attraction for all would-be attendees, thus 'we're in the money, woo hoo!' for the organisers. She is very entertaining, though. I say this from the heart when I say that she's actually the most entertaining feature of the convention and, conspicuously, she always goes onstage at the end of the night. As Vanessa Williams sang, "You go and save the best for laaaast".

:rolleyes:

I found the following. It's kinda funny. http://www.gaycork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7960

LCDeelite · 25-05-2009 9:42pm

BTW, Helen has been saying for at least a couple of years that, "We (e.g. the Gardenian coven of Ireland that she apparently leads)/I have a book coming out". No sign of it in our bookstores yet, or on Amazon, etc!

I would buy it if it was released, though. Just out of sheer, unbridled curiosity. Of course, we all know what happened to the curious cat...

MrMojoRisin · 25-05-2009 9:45pm

LCDeelite wrote: »

I would buy it if it was released, though. Just out of sheer, unbridled curiosity. Of course, we all know what happened to the curious cat...

Ya,the White witch put it n her cauldron and KABOOM!!! Gone! :pac:

LCDeelite · 25-05-2009 9:46pm

MrMojoRisin wrote: »

Ya,the White witch put it n her cauldron and KABOOM!!! Gone! :pac:

:pac: :pac:

LCDeelite · 25-05-2009 9:47pm

MrMojoRisin · 25-05-2009 9:57pm

LCDeelite wrote: »

Hold on..Is that... the WHITE WITCH peekin out of da cauldron ? ? ? christ,shes let herself go

LCDeelite · 02-06-2009 10:51pm

Do you think it's true that she remembers people who visited her before, even it has been years and years since their last visit?

I ask this because a woman I know was telling me how approximately 20 years had lapsed between one visit and the other to her, yet (allegedly) Helen remembered her immediately the second time round. She was reeling off various details from seeing her (woman I know) before, which was a complete surprise. I don't think there had been anything especially remarkable about the previous visit to have imprinted itself so strongly in Helen's memory.

Well, if this is true the White Witch must have the memory of an elephant!

MrMojoRisin · 07-06-2009 8:58pm

LCDeelite wrote: »

Do you think it's true that she remembers people who visited her before, even it has been years and years since their last visit?

I ask this because a woman I know was telling me how approximately 20 years had lapsed between one visit and the other to her, yet (allegedly) Helen remembered her immediately the second time round. She was reeling off various details from seeing her (woman I know) before, which was a complete surprise. I don't think there had been anything especially remarkable about the previous visit to have imprinted itself so strongly in Helen's memory.

Well, if this is true the White Witch must have the memory of an elephant!

yeah and she seems 2 have da psychic ability of an elephant as well,hee hee :P

maybe some people just stick n other people's minds for whatevr reason ? U just never know like

Cobh's 'White Witch' Helen Barrett- What are your experiences with her?

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