School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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12th Jan 1938
Biddy Early
Long ago a strange woman named Biddy Early went around the country. She had a charm, and many stories have been told to us, as to how she got it. One is this. Long ago dances used be held at cross-roads and they used dance and sing.
Biddy had one son and he was called "the blind fiddler. So herself and her son went to a dance one night. When they were returning home they met a crowd of people, dancing and singing, and they asked Biddy's son to play for them, so he did and when they were finished they gave Biddy a bottle, and it is said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Pat Vaughan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Clare
