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1. A Woman who Turned herself into a Witch (continued)

   

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   of a hare. A hare used to be seen on that hill regularly.
   An old woman lived on the hill. One day the hunters went to her house and and [sic] asked her did she see the hare. She said she saw it lately.
   She told them to come the next evening and they were sure to find her behind a whin bush.
   When the hunters came the next evening the old woman told them to go over the hill and to come round behind her house.
   When the old woman got the hunters away over the hill she started up it. She hid behind a whin bush and turned herself into a hare.
   When the hunters came over the hill again the dogs found the hare in a whin bush. They chased it and it ran into a lyre.
   When the hunters went into the lyre they got the old woman sitting at the cows stake bleeding.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lena Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullanasole, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Hugh Connolly

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Mullanasole, Co. Donegal