School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 402
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“Long ago there was a witch living somewhere...”
(continued from previous page)with the legs covered with red hair. He cursed the thing and told it to be gone. The half-body fell on the ground at the sound of his voice. When morning came the dead body of Sarah Kennedy was found where the half-body fell. She was buried in an unused sandpit and her house burned to the ground.
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Sean-Fhocal. - Informant
- Mary Hanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ricketstown, Co. Carlow
- The Grissit was used long ago for dipping rushes. These rushes were used as lights. It is a deep oblong shaped boal with three legs under it. One leg is longer than the other two. It is a small article but a heavy(continues on next page)