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 Paddy.Paduasoy or Padësoy. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pad’ua
 
was long supposed by the Scotch to be the chief school of necromancy; hence Sir Walter Scott says of the Earl of Gowrie—   1
       
“He learned the art that none may name
In Padna, far beyond the sea.”
       
Lay of the Last Minstrel.
 


 Paddy.Paduasoy or Padësoy. 

 
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