School: Castlejordan (roll number 15974)
- Location:
- Castlejordan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: M. Nic Amhlaoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 008
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- (continued from previous page)They went to go to bring her out but saints above she fell flat on the 'flure' in spite of them. There she was as if in a fit, aye, for nearly half an hour, she came too a bit but in less than ten minutes she was as bad as ever. Then of course her people began to get uneasy and they sent for the priest and after a while the neighbours gathered in to see what was up. The priest came and he couldn't make her out, he knew she was bad & said it must be Fits, all the same he gave her the Last Sacraments & went home. When he was gone the 'ould' people consulted together and they agreed it was the Blessed Sickness the girl had. They sent her brother and a neighbour's son to the Red hills of Kildare on horseback to Moll Anthony - an old witch who lives in a hut with an old ashy cat with red eyes - the people that knew her said the cat used to talk to her - Well to come back to my story the boys reached the Red Hills about 4 o'Clock in the morning and to their surprise there was Moll coming to meet them. She never let them open(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Gormáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Harristown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Tyrell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Harristown, Co. Meath
