Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 2)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0284
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- It is always said that the seventh son of a seventh son would be a doctor.
There must be no daughter between the seven sons.
A worm must be tied on the hand of the child 'til it eats into the flesh. The seventh son has great cures of all kinds of diseases.
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“It was said around Galbally that the bean sidhe was dead. ”
It was said around Galbally that the bean sidhe was dead. But begob she's not. She is heard still. She follows certain old families of the place, and she is heard wailing when anyone of them die.
The bean sidhe is supposed to be a fine looking woman and she always coming her hair.
