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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 058

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    Biddy Purcell.
    Biddy Purcell lived in Corcamore and one day she and her sister went to gather turf. They were going out a gate leading to the bog when a little fairy boy came with a small twig and hit Biddy on the back of the legs and instantly she got a terrible pain in her legs. Her sister only laughed at her and said the blow would not hurt a fly.
    Biddy went by herself gathering the turf and also rushes when up came an old woman and asked her for some of the rushes she had gathered but Biddy said the bog was big enough for herself to gather some. Then the queer little woman beat Biddy furiously across the back with a cane.
    When Biddy went home that night she felt so sick with the pain in her back and her knees that her sister
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    M. Sheehan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Currahchase, Co. Limerick