School: Cnoc Uí Choileáin, Mainistir na Féile (roll number 10107)

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   “Joan Grogan lived near the village of Athea about eighty years ago and was thought to have extraordinary knowledge of coming events and of curing sick persons.”

   

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   the woman of the house said she did not know. So he went away again. When he had gone Joan came out from behind the door and started talking about him; and in the end she said "Let him take care of himself when he will get the next fall at the bridge behind there."

   A few days after that Father Martin was riding along the same road and at the horse stopped suddenly, and as he was going fast, he was thrown over the horses head but he was not hurted much."

   "The Aherne's of Lurga could not make any butter for a year, so they brought Joan Grogan and she told them who was taking it and how they were taking it. She went to the churn and showed them a peg that was driven in at the bottom of it by some of the neighbours when they lent it to him, and while that peg stayed there no buter could be made. So they took out the peg and put another in and from that day out they had plenty butter."

   "My sister Mararet Enright was one day making a can for Joan Grogan and she said to her: - "As you know everything, Joan, tell me how is my father doing in heaven?" "Very good," said Joan, "but

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
   2. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   D. Ward

   Informant

   Mrs Catherine O Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 100

   Address

   Crataloe East, Co. Limerick