School: Island View, Cill an Dísirt (roll number 14196)
- Location:
- Tonlegee, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0605, Page 121
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- (continued from previous page)but were useless. On wet day as Tom, and his, wife were sitting in the kitchen an old grey woman came in carrying a crutch in one hand, and a stick in the other. She said "God Bless" this happy house", after a while she asked a drink of milk. Mrs Doolin then told her, that their cows had bad milk. Then the witch asked Tom, if he would give her sixpence if she cured his cattle. Then seen the cows, she took off a black ribbon, turned it around, gave it to Tom "And said "Go now and the first cow you touch with this ribbon turn her into the yard," "Be sure also not to touch the second cow. If you do all is over. Tom did
