School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: T. Mc Namee
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“Once upon a time there was a woman got very sick. The doctor used to give her medicine made of herbs.”
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(Skerries, Co. Dublin.)Once upon a time there was a woman got very sick. The doctor used to give her medicine made of herbs. After a long time the doctor saw that the woman was getting worse instead of better. The people thought because she was not getting better that she was a witch. They decided to burn her. They put two bundles of straw in the yard and they held the woman over it. They lighted the straw with a match and they would say "Away, away." They thought the woman(continues on next page)- Collector
- George Pratt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rush Road, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Theresa Pratt
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Rush Road, Co. Dublin