The Apparitions and Miracles at Knock; also, the Official Depositions of the Eye-witnesses

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sign of life about the figures, and I could not say whether
they were what living beings would in their place appear to
be or not; but they appeared to me so full and so lifelike
and so life-size that I could not understand why I could not
feel them with my hands such as I beheld them with my
eyes. There was an extraordinary brightness about the
whole gable of the chapel, and it was observed by seve
ral who were passing along the road at the time. I
remained there altogether about an hour, and when I
came there first I thought I would never leave it. I
would not have gone so soon as I did, but that I considered
that the figures and that brightness would continue there
always, and that on coming back I would again behold them .
I continued to repeat the rosary on my beads while there,
and I felt great delight and pleasure in looking at the Blessed
Virgin. I could think of nothing else while there but giving
thanks to God and repeating my prayers.
Tenth Witness.
Testimony of Catherine Murray, a girl of about eight years and
six months, grand-daughter of Mrs. Beirne.
I am living at Knock ; I was staying at my grandmother's.
I followed my aunt and uncle to the chapel ; I then saw the
likeness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and that of St. Joseph
and St. John, as I learned from those that were around about
where I was ; I saw them all for fully twenty minutes or thirty
minutes.
Eleventh Witness.
Testimony offohn Curry, a young boy, about sixyears old.
The child says he saw the images—beautiful images—the