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   “There was an old woman living in Sliabh Muire in Co. Galway.”

   

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   milking a cow over at the Castle and she spilled a pail of milk and I was drove away "let me in. My dogs would eat you. The will not here is three ribs of my hair and tie it round their necks and he took the ribs and tied it round the dogs necks. Then he opened the door and in walked a withered old lady. He gave her some of the food he had prepared and she ate it quickly and she asked for more again and he would not give it to her. She then said " which would you rather to be restling on slippy flags or fighting with naked swords. To be restling he replied until I break your old bones again the floor. The started at the restling match but the first push she gave him she sent him to his knees in the floor. He called to his dogs to come to his aid but the ribs held by the necks. "Hold Fast" was one of the dogs come, come come quickly. I can not master. "Speed Well will you come and tear her asunder. I-I-I cannot. Lazy dear don't fail me I am nearly dead. Lazy jumped to come but the rib held him fast. The next time she drove him to his shoulder and pulling him up changed him into a stone and done the same thing to the dogs.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Naughton

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Trian, Co. na Gaillimhe

   Informant

   Peter Naughton

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Trian, Co. na Gaillimhe