School: Tattenclave

Location:
Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
B. Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 067

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 067

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  1. There was a woman and she was a witch and she could turn herself into a hare. One day the huntsmen were hunting and they asked her to do a ring and they would give her a stone of meal. Then she turned herself into a hare and went round six townlands. When she was going into the house the dogs tore the side of her. When the huntsmen went into the house she was bathing her wounds.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
      2. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
        1. cailleacha (~139)
          1. cailleach i riocht giorria (~41)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Farmer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lios Cumascaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
    Informant
    Ellen Beagon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    An Tamhnach, Co. Mhuineacháin
  3. There was a poor man was living in the neighbourhood a long time ago, and his wife died. He was in such poor
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