School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Inis, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Seoirse Ó Maoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 528
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- (continued from previous page)above she went down through the ground and changed herself into a hare and went into the farm.
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- Collector
- Michael Heffernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inis, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Gerald Cosgrove
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bóthar an Chláir, Co. an Chláir
- 9.One morning a man was going home from a fair in Tulla and he had two pigs.The two pigs would not go for him so he went into Biddy to know what would he do with the pigs.Biddy gave him two pills and she told him to give them to the pigs.He gave them to the pigs and the pigs trotted home and they stopped at his own gate.
- 10 If you went to Biddy for a cure for a sick person she would give you a bottle and if you would carry it home without breaking it the sick person would be cured, but if you broke(continues on next page)
