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School: Moycarkey, Thurles

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Moycarky, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Michael Myers
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 415

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    “There was a certain fairy on "Bealach Buidhe" hill called "Petticoat Loose".”

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    There was a certain fairy on "Bealach Buidhe" hill called "Petticoat Loose". She was wicked and killed every one that sh emet.
    One night a man was going home and he met "Petticoat Loose." He carried a stout hazel stick in his hand and the hazel is supposed to be proof against witchcraft and fairies.
    he witch attacked the man. He kept her away with the stick but did not succeed in driving her off. Then he saw a white-thorn stick in the dyke, and throwing down his own stick he went for the white-thorn. BUt he never reached it, because the minute the
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    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Shanahan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Turtulla, Co. Tipperary