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School: Bailieboro (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 168

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    thing in the house that you found"? and he said "No". There was a little girl in the house and she said "Daddy you have a rope up on the loft", and the witch man said, "Get me the rope quickly". They got the rope and the man tied it on the cow's neck and the butter disappeared and came on again in the right time.
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    Once upon a time there was a man called McCabe and he had an "evil eye". He was going through a farmer's street. He looked over at the pig, and when the man was just gone the pig started to roar. There were two little boys in the house and their father sent them over to McCabe's house and they brought a pair of scissors with them. One of them got behind McCabe's back
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss O' Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan