School: Baile na Cúirte, Dúngarbhán

Location:
Ballynacourty, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Muiris Breannóc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0646, Page 165

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    Once a young man was standing in the butt of a ditch one night.

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    knew all about these things. She sent the mother out of the room and made the young man tell her exactly where he was and what he was doing when he felt the pinch. He told her and she told him he should go back there somehow and put his heels in the exact same spot where he had stood before and pray for the suffering souls. So they tackled the ass and he went off and did what he was told and he was cured straight away. 'Twas Shiagh na Fairrge that passed when he was there and one of them pinched him.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Muiris Breannóc
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher