School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)
- Location:
- Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Thos. Mc Gettrick
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what happened her until she was found buried in a ditch.
Teresa Kilcoyne
Ard-na-GlassIt is said that an old witch lived in a barn in my district in olden times. When she used to go outside the barn she used to turn herself into a hare.
There was only one black hound in the place that could catch her. There was a race after her one day and the hound had her almost caught when she leaped in on the window of the barn. The hunters went in after her but all they found was the old hag spinning under the window. When he asked
- It is said that an old witch lived in a barn in my district in olden times. When she used to go outside the barn she used to turn herself into a hare.
There was only one black hound in the place that could catch her. There was a race after her one day and the hound had her almost caught when she leaped in on the window of the barn. The hunters went in after her but all they found was the old hag spinning under the window. When he asked(continues on next page) - Collector
- Katie Ellen Kilcoyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardnaglass, Co. Sligo
