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School: St. Anne's (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Kelly
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  1. Story of the Evil Eye

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    Once upon a time there was a woman and she had an "evil eye". One day she went into a house and there were chickens in the kitchen and she was no sooner in till she looked over at the chickens, and she was just gone out when five chickens died.
    Another day she came into the house and they were churning and she looked over at the churn. She went out and they were churning for about two hours and the butter would not come on the churn, and the mistress thought the maid did something on the milk. The maid said "Mary was in and she
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. supernatural practices
        1. evil eye (~50)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss O' Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan