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1. Ashie-Pet and the Witch (continued)

   

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   it was full of salt. Ashie-pet had some salt with him and he kept throwing it down the chimney and it went into the pot. The old witch did not kill the girl.
   After a while ashie-pet thought about coming down and going home. When he got up to come own the stones began to rattle and the witch came out. This time she caught him and brought him in. She put him in a bag. She told him that she was going to the wood for some wood and when she would come back she would make his bones crack like dishes breaking, and she would make him "ma" like a calf, bark like a dog and "mew" like a cat. She never said another word but off to the wood like a hare. When ashie-pet got her gone he opened the bag. Then he got a few dishes and put them in He put in the cat and dog next. Then he got a young calf and put it in. The he stole out and away he went.
   A few minutes later the witch came in with the wood. She hit the delph the first stroke, it cracked. The calf got the next stroke he bowed. The dog got the next stroke again, he barked. The cat got the last stroke she mewed. When the last stroke was struck the old witch said

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   History Edit

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   AT0327: The Children and the Ogre

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brighidh Ní Chróin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   James Cornyn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumconor, Co. Leitrim