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School: Réidh Reamhar (roll number 12113)

Location:
Reyrawer, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán A. Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0159

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  1. Biddy Early and the Butter

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    If Biddy Early came into a house and the people churning she would take the butter from them. One time there was an old woman out in Clare. She had the finest "bawn" of cows you could lay eyes on and during one week not a bit of butter would come in the churn if she was churning till morning. Nothing but froth and an awful smell out of it. There was a calf after dying on the woman's neighbour. Biddy Early had the dead calf dug up and buried in the woman's land. While the dead calf was in the land she couldn't get any bit of the butter. She told the priest about Biddy Early and he hunted her out of the place. From that time Biddy Early lived near Feakle and before that she lived near Lough Grainne.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Biddy Early (~186)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunnaglass, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Kelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunnaglass, Co. Galway