1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Rush (C.)

School: Rush (C.) (roll number 16125)

Location:
Rush, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Mrs Monahan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 210

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 210

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Rush (C.)
  2. XML Page 210
  3. XML “A Story - The Black Witch”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. A Story - The Black Witch

    Share Share Post
    This story was told by James Harford Channel Road Rush, age 49 years. This story is called "The Black Witch". Once upon a time there was an old witch who lived in a castle in the middle of a wood. She was called "The Black Witch", because every time she passed in the air she blotted out the sun. If anyone went near her she would put a black colour on them that would never come off. One day a king had a meeting to see what could be done. There was a little girl's mother who was away and she told the little girl not to leave the garden. The little girl played for a while then away she ran up to the wood. The Black Witch
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hilda Harford
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Channel Road, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    James Harford
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Channel Road, Co. Dublin