School: Fedamore (B.) (roll number 14068)
- Location:
- Fedamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Martin Moloney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0517, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)He was missing then and his father searched all quarters for him and told his story to everyone he met. At last some one told him to go to Biddy Earlie. He went then but she was just in a fever. "I'm sorry about your trouble" said she. "Anna Cliar has your son up in Knock Gráine here am I in bed with fever. I can't do anything for you".
There was a little girl about the place and she said to Biddy "Give me your book, mother, and I'll go with this man" "You have no business going to her" said Biddy "because you haven't the power" "'Tis our only chance," said the daughter "as the year and the day is nearly up" "Very well so", said Biddy. "Go out now and rub the feathers of the hens to yourself and to your blood and take my rod and book and go and may ye be lucky."
Off they went to Knock Gráine and some way up they came on a big flag stone in the hill. The girl knocked on it with the rod. The rock opened and Anne came out "what have you in that book" said she "If I told you that you'd know as much as myself" said the girl "You have(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirtín S. Ó Maoldhomhnaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Fedamore, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mary Meaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Castlequarter, Co. Limerick
