School: Cnoc Luachra (roll number 12653)
- Location:
- Knockloughra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Móghráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 25
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- There once lived in Shralogging a witch named Geraic Mc Cann. She should change herself into anything she liked. She once changed herself into a hare and all the men in the village were after her trying to kill her. At the end of this day of hunting Gerrie jumped into the window of her house and the hunters still after her shot her in the tail and knocked the taill off her. The hunters entered the house to find Gerrie, but Gerrie was not there, she was changed into a woman again and she was spinning thread and there was a pool of blood on the floor. Gerrie used also suck the milk from the cows and the people used to be wondering what had happened to the cows' milk. They soon found out about Gerrie and they made up their minds to kill her but they could never catch her to kill her. Once a neighbour's cow got stuck in the neck with a potato and all the neighbours were trying to take it out. At last Gerry came and struck the cow on the back and put the potato out of her neck.
- Collector
- Brighid Nic Aodháin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Seán Mac Aodháin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Carrowsallagh, Co. Mayo
