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School: Réidh Reamhar (roll number 12113)

Location:
Reyrawer, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán A. Mac Fhloinn
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  1. How Biddy Early Got Her Charms

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    One day when Biddy Early was a young girl she was asked to mind the house for her next door neighbour. There was a young baby in the house. When the people of the house were gone the child rose up and said to Biddy Early not to tell anyone what she would do to day. The child was a fairy and she jumped out of the craddle and she went up on the loft and got a bottle and gave it to Biddy Early. The baby told her she could do magic things with the bottle and that there was a cure for (and) any disease in the (the) bottle. Their was a fiddle in the house also and the child got it and played the sweetest music she ever heard. It is said that that is how Biddy Early got her charms and that they were all in the bottle.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. soothsayers (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteenboy, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Henry
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteenboy, Co. Galway