School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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Once upon a time a woman had a son who had a sore foot. She brought him to Biddy Early and she cured him .She told her not to let him fall off the ass until she go home or if she did he would be cured no more.
She went away and minded him all right until she came to the yard in front of the house.The cows started fighting around the yard ,so she of him and went to hunt them so he fell off the ass and could not get better anymore.
- Collector
- Tomás Mac Conmara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockanena, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Jack Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Derreendooagh, Co. Clare
