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School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 126

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    It was a custom among the people of Windgap long ago when throwing out water at night to cry out the warming "Take care of the water", for they used to believe that the spirits of the dead night be wandering about and might be wet.
    One dark night a woman threw out a pail of boiling water, without saying the words. Immediately a cry was heard byt no one was seen.
    The next night a black lamb entered the house, it's back scalded, and it lay down moaning by the hearth and died. It was believed that this was a spirit that had been scalded by the water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Jones
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Shea
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    Female