School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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    Once a man was dying and his wife went to Biddy Early.

    Once a man was dying and his wife went to Biddy Early. She told her that every night at twelve o'clock horses used pass. She told her she must stick a black handle knife in the tail of the white horse that came last or pull a rib from his tail
    So the woman stopped up all night and when they came she stuck the knife in to the white horse's tail and pulled a rib so she got back her husband
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Other names
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Katty Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Acres, Co. Clare