School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 06_019
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Biddy Early was a woman who used charms to cure people.if you went to her and told her you had a person sick she would cure them and take no money.She had a magic bottle she used to look into it and tell you all you had at home and what happened the person.
A man went to her who had a little girl sick.She gave him a bottle as a cure but as he was coming home the horse fell and would not get up.He gave her a few drops out of the bottle and cured her but when he came home the little girl died .
There was a certain man who used stay out late(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lena Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockatunna, Co. Clare
