School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:: Gortaveha, Co. Clare
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“Once a man was dying and his wife went to Biddy Early.”

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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
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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