School: Bun Machan
- Teacher: Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0648, Page 230
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One day a man found a comb which belonged to the Banshee, in a hole in the wall he found it. That night as he was sitting by the fire all alone he heard a tap at the window. He looked out and saw the fairy woman outside. He was greatly frightened. He got a shovel and put the comb on it and reached it out through the window to her and she took it. Just then the shovel broke in two. It was lucky for the man that he reached out the comb on the shovel. If he reached it out in his hand, his hand would have been broken in two. Something put it into his head not to stretch out his hand and you may be sure he was thankful to himself ever after that he did not do so.
