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   69 Cailleach - Biddy Early. Once upon a time there lived a woman named Biddy Early.She was a very skillful woman .She was able to make up a bottle,that would cure man and beast.Once a man came to her ,as she gave him a bottle to cure a girl that was ill.She warned him for his life not to let the bottle drop to the ground .he took all the care he could of the bottle ,and all at once the bottle dropped to the ground and was smashed to pieces.He went back to Biddy and told his story to her and she gave him another bottle.The same thing occurred and back again he went the third time and got another one.This time he succeeded in getting safely back and when the people saw that he had brought the bottle safely they were overjoyed.The girl became well when she had taken the first drop from the bottle.That ends my story about Biddy Early.

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   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Brew

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Brew

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   71

   Address

   Tullycreen Upper, Co. Clare