School: Ráth Dairbhe (roll number 10001)
- Location:
- Radeerpark, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Henry Mc Kenna
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- A witch womanThere was once a witch woman who was living in the towland of Closdaw, about two miles from Newbliss. Her name was Ann Walliss. She could take milk from cows a mile away, and could take butter of churns and have it on her own churn.
The hounds often viewed her for fields as a hare, taking flesh of her heels, and the blood could be tracked to the place where she was raised. Once time she went to visit her daughter Mrs Grahams.(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Walker
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Charles Walker
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Drumgramph, Co. Monaghan