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School: Teach Chaoin (C.) (roll number 6681)

Location:
Tagheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Áinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 134

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    before May Day, having a reddened horse shoe with him, He saw a big white cat going in to the cowhouse and milking the cows. He fired the shoe and struck the cat on the head with it, the cat darted off.
    Next day an old woman in the village was sick, and the man went to see her and her head was bandaged up. And he made her tell what had happened to her, and she told, that she was a witch and could take all shapes, and that she was robbing him of his butter for years.
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