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School: Baile an Chaisleáin

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Castletownshend, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0298, Page 226

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    fright because he heard the bansidhes crying outside and he ran away to bed. Short until the cock began to crow again, and the crying stopped. When the man got up in the morning he found the cock dead with *a sighle-buidhe pin driven through its comb. It is said that a cock has power over a bansidhe.
    *(Sighle-buidhe pin was a large pin about eight inches long, used for keeping one's clothes tied, and was used long ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Diarmuid Ó Brian
    Gender
    Male