School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Baile an Átha, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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- (continued from previous page)now. He was Landlord over Gonley's and Coadeys. When he died he was buried in Liss Graveyard.
- Long ago there was an old woman living in this place. It is said that she was seven years with the fairies and was able to cure sick horses. Her name was Biddy Brazil.
One day a man's horse got sick and he went to her for a cure. Long ago the men used to wear big coat with cuffs on the sleeves. Biddy got two grains of salt and put them in the cuffs. She told him to throw them at the mare, and on the peril of his life not to sleep in the fields. He did his(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Guinan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Béal Átha Chomair, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Informant
- John Minnock
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Átha, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
