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School: Teamhrán (C.) (roll number 14834)

Location:
Tavraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 208

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    A Witch
    About thirty years ago there lived a witch in Huntsfield Kilkelly Co. mayo named Kitty Kilroy she use to do magic things and never went to mass or the Sacraments and the priests were very much against her. One day it happened that one of the priests were going on horse back through the Hunt field road his horse got paralized and fell down. All the men of the village ran to help the priest but it was of no avail. One of the men spoke about going for the witch. This of course was a great insult to the priest but anyway the witch
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. hags (~139)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Annie M. Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tavraun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Patrick Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Urlaur, Co. Mayo