School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)
- Location:
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Patrick Mc Hugh
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- Long ago it was believed that the old women were witches.
One day a man met a boy and told him that he would give him five shillings for a pair of brogues, if he would get him a hare.
The boy told him to go home and to come back again in an hour's time.
The boy went home and told his Granny to turn himself into a hare. She did so and the man came back at the time mentioned the hare was hidden in a bunch of grass. The man had two dogs with him, one of which could kill a witch. The two dogs chased the hare and the boy began to shout and cry "Run Granny for the dear bought brogues."
When the hare was going in the window of the house, the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Pat White
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
