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School: Blessington

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Blessington, Co. Wicklow
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Séamus Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 150

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    Some hundred years ago, a woman by the name of Mrs Doran from Co. Wicklow had a son by the name of John who was a beautiful little baby.
    One day Mrs Doran's baby went asleep. She went out and when she returned in Mrs Doran found her baby gone, and a small little wizened article in its place.
    This woman got into a very bad way about this. She went to the town and met a girl by the name of Mary Gallagher.
    Mary said "you look very worried, Kathleen" "yes" says Kathleen "my baby was taken from me and a little small brat put back. Do you know what I could do?"
    Get a dozen of eggs, break them, throw the inside away and boil the rest." Mrs Gallagher did this. The little article said are you brewing. Yes a mic. With this she went to ram the poker down its throat. She slipped and fell. When she go up again she saw her own beautiful baby with its rosy cheeks sleeping soundly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Boylan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blessington, Co. Wicklow