School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic de Chlár
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0274
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- (continued from previous page)chuaidh an fear go [added note:] 'críocnuighthe ins an gcóip leabhar le Seán de Búrca'
- Biddy EarlyAbout 80 years ago there was an old woman supposed to be living in east Clare by the name of Biddy Early. Whenever a person was unusually ill or in danger of death someone used to go to Biddy looking for a cure. She would look through a bottle & tell them whether the person would recover or not and tell them what to do & sometimes she told the person who came to them that the patient would be dead when the person would go home. People used to say that when a person died young & when doctors couldn't cure them that it was the good people (dead people) used to take them & that Biddy was a kind of intercessor for them. "Oh twas taken he was" was the comment when such a sick person died.
- Informant
- Mrs P. Clair
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcornan, Co. Clare
