School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)
- Location:
- An Cartún, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0216, Page 052
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- (continued from previous page)to Listermagivel again and she leaped into an old house (at) belonging to William McNulty owned now by Garret Early and as she was leaping in on the window one of the hounds pulled the scut out her.
The men being on the look out heard the yelping of the hounds and hurried to the place were they were.
They burst into the old house and there was an old witch lying in the corner in a pool of blood and her neck broke and fifteen tubs of butter beside her.
So the cows were never touched after and used milk well.
- Collector
- Ena Woods
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corr Bhuachaill, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- John Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Chorr Liath, Co. Liatroma
