School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inis (roll number 16677)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Lionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 257
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- There are many stories told about a woman with her magic bottle, "Biddy Early" is the woman's name, and I am now going to write a story about her.
There was once a man living in Quin, and his wife was very ill, so he set out on his horse to visit Biddy Early. He had to pass a cross to get to her house. When he went in she gave him a certain cure, and gave him the directions of how to use it. She also told him, when he was going home, that if his horse would pass the cross he(continues on next page)
