School: Cora Finne (C.) (roll number 12908)
- Location:
- Corrofin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)she fell dead.
- The Ban Shidhe is also heard when some people dies. Especially the people with "O" before their name. One night there was a wake in a house and just at twelve o'clock the Bean Shidhe was heard at the gable end of the house and the Protestant wanted to see what kind she was as he had heard many stories before about her. He only went outside the door when he returned and after a few days he got sick and never got better until he died.
- Collector
- Delia Broderick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cregmoher, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cregmoher, Co. Clare
- One night an old man was awakened by great noise that was in the kitchen. He got up and he saw a crowd of men sitting around the fire smoking. He sat among them and took out his clay-pipe and began to smoke also. One man who was sitting near him gave slap across the face and knocked across the floor and(continues on next page)
