School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)
- Location:
- Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Néill
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Local Happenings
“The greatest happening I have heard of is the burning of the woman in Ballyvadlea cottage. Her name was Mrs Cleary.”
The greatest happening I have heard of is the burning of the woman in Ballyvadlea cottage. Her name was Mrs Cleary. She was very ill and raved in her sickness, and thought she was a witch, and that the fairies might have effected her.
One day they thought by giving her some herbs, and by making the sign of the cross on her forehead with a red poker, and saying at the same time "are you a with or are(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Holohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- James Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Garrankyle, Co. Tipperary