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School: Coolcappa, Árd-achadh (roll number 11955)

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Coolcappagh, Co. Limerick
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Bríd Ní Shíthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0501, Page 256

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    Charm.
    Long ago in the district of Coolcappa near where the ruins of Carnacilla castle now stands, there lived a woman who used several charms to take milk from other peoples cows. She was suspected by several people
    One evening as three or four workmen were returning from work, with their spades on their shoulders, they met this woman. As she was passing them, one of them noticed a long briar stuck to her skirt, and trailing after her.
    One of the men slipped the spade off his shoulders, and cut the briar in two. To their amazement pure new milk ran out of the briar on the road.

    Writtem By Patrick Foley,
    Reens,
    Rathkeale.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reens, Co. Limerick