School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

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   “Some years ago there lived an old woman near the village of Athea.”

   

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   rubbed it to her forehead and immediately she turned into a hare. She went away out and did not return until three o'clock. The tailor did not sleep until she came back. When she came home she went up on the table and took down a cow's horn and rubbed it to her forehead and immediately she changed into an old woman. The tailor was thinking what he would do. So the next night he pretended to be in bed and watched the old woman's movements. She did the same thing as the night before and when she was gone the tailor came down and did the same and turned himself

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. soothsayers (~116)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peg Barry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derry, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mary Hegarty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry