School: Richmond (roll number 14400)
- Location:
- Richmond, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 170
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- Once upon a time there lived a chieftain who had one beautiful daughter named Eily. The child's mother died when it was an infant, and the chieftain had to marry the daughter of a powerful chieftain of the south. This woman was a witch, and she hated the child.
However, the chieftain died when Eily was ten years old. Then she was left in the hands of the witch. The witch turned her into a white hare, and told her she would have to remain so until a hunter from Tirawley would fix his spear in the witch's own grave.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Joseph Flannagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rakestreet, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr M. Herbert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 98
- Address
- Rathmacostello, Co. Mayo
