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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

Location:
Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 098

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  1. Local Happenings

    “The greatest happening I have heard of is the burning of the woman in Ballyvadlea cottage. Her name was Mrs Cleary.”

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    The greatest happening I have heard of is the burning of the woman in Ballyvadlea cottage. Her name was Mrs Cleary. She was very ill and raved in her sickness, and thought she was a witch, and that the fairies might have effected her.
    One day they thought by giving her some herbs, and by making the sign of the cross on her forehead with a red poker, and saying at the same time "are you a with or are
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    James Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Garrankyle, Co. Tipperary