School: Sceichín an Rince, Cloichín an Mhargaidh
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- Sceichín an Rince, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Dómhnall Ua Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 093
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In former times May Eve used to be a time of great anxiety in most parts of the country - watching several people especially old women that used to pretend that they were gifted with the gift of witch-craft and used want to tell several innocent people that they could take the butter or milk from their neighbours in as much that they could let you have as much milk from one cow as they would leave to one of their own but be sure you would have to pay them well by giving them bags of potatoes, pieces of bacon and a bottle of Whiskey and a few round pieces of silver. They were so well versed in the business as to be able to turn themselves into a hare to show the power of the devil.
