School: Cluainín, Granard
- Location:
- Clooneen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 068
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- (continued from previous page)The red-haired stranger then gave her a herb & told her to sew it in his clothes unknown to him & that she'd give her God - bail that nothing would happen him in future.
"One thing I am going to tell you she said never leave your house without boiled food or water". "Arun, arun she said we were often glad to get the skins of the basket."
Her mother had two men out working in the fields digging potatoes, & when they were coming in for their dinners they began to talk ugly to the red-haired woman.
"Arun; arun; she said you don't know who yous have"
They followed her out immediately, but if the ground opened & swallowed her they could not see her.
- Informant
- Mrs James Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Derrycassan, Co. Longford
