School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seoirse Ó Maoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 411
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- My father told me that there was an old woman in Drumbiggle long ago. She prayed for power from the devil. Any word she would say, it would be true. He said she was like Biddy Early.
One day, as a man was coming to town, he asked her if it would rain. She said, "No, but we will have snow". The man said "Do not always have the bad word". "Go away or I will kill you", she said. The man went away home. When he reached home, he got sick. The next day he died. No one went near her then. They thought(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumbiggil, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Fitzgerald
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumbiggil, Co. Clare
