School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)

Location:
Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic de Chlár
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0274

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  1. Biddy Early
    About 80 years ago there was an old woman supposed to be living in east Clare by the name of Biddy Early. Whenever a person was unusually ill or in danger of death someone used to go to Biddy looking for a cure. She would look through a bottle & tell them whether the person would recover or not and tell them what to do & sometimes she told the person who came to them that the patient would be dead when the person would go home. People used to say that when a person died young & when doctors couldn't cure them that it was the good people (dead people) used to take them & that Biddy was a kind of intercessor for them. "Oh twas taken he was" was the comment when such a sick person died.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Biddy Early (~186)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs P. Clair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcornan, Co. Clare