Hydrophobia (ctd from page 84)
If a dog bites a person, the dog must be destroyed. Otherwise the person has little chance of recovery. And should the dog ever go mad, the person bitten would necessarily go mad also. Such is the belief.
When we were children we were in 'morghal
dread of "the headless horseman" and of "the dead
coach"
True story from Aghada: a young stepped
outside her own door. The coach passed, and she
was never seen again'.. Explanation given by some of
the saner members of the community : the wheels of the car were shod with rubber and the horses likewise. Therefore no noise. The driver saw within and drove through the front window. They were body-snatchers for the young doctors to practise on "up" in Dublin.