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   “Whenever you see a whirlwind taking dust from the road, always turn your back to it.”

   

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   From Ryteard O'Domnaill, Sgeac, Cromadh, Dalta Scoile, 13 1/2.

   Whenever you see a whirlwind taking dust from:
   (a) The road, always turn your back to it. (o n-a athair, 63)

   "Never beat anyone with an elder stick, because:
   (b) The Cross Our Lord was nailed on, was made of elder". (Do).

   (c) "There was a man hanged on one of the trees near the Lockruss gate". (Do). Feach cuid 1

   (d) The phooka used be seen in the marshes of Conway's fort. (Do)
   Note: These marches were known as tobar and are beside a much over-grown-with-thorn fort, which apparently was very much dug up and tossed about. D.O.C.

   

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. Biddy Early (~186)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Risteárd O Domhnaill

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Skagh, Co. Limerick

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   “Once upon a time there was a boy crossing a field where there was a fort.”

   

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   From Seorsin O'Tuathail, Catair casa, Cromadh, 13 1/2.

   Once upon a time there was a boy crossing a field where there was a fort. When he came to the fort he met two ladies dressed in white. They began talking to him, and when they went away the boy got crippled, and his companions had to take him home.

   When he was brought home, his mother sent to Biddy Early for a cure. Biddy made up the cure alright, but when his mother was giving it to him, a woman came in and said. "Give him plenty more of it". The mother did so and B.E. couldn't get a cure to make him alright anymore".
   (O n-a Mathair).

   

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