School: An Chluain
- Location:
- Cloan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 490
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago an old woman who lived in the village of Cluin was supposed to be highly skilled in diabolical arts. When cattle got sick, the owner would visit this old woman and obtain a cure from her. She treated everything likewise, and all her cures proved successful. Her fame spread far and wide. One day an old woman visited her. She had been suffering from rheumatism for a number of years, and came for a cure. The old woman knew that her visitor was a great miser. She told her she should go to a warm climate, but the miser thought this too expensive. The old woman told her she could give her no cure without money. The miser then went home. Every day she visited the(continues on next page)
