School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Nic Shiomóin
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- (continued from previous page)the most high race." Then he asked her what was wrong with her & she said "My husband has me killed working at the spinning wheel," and she told him to break up the spinning wheel or it would do harm to his wife. No sooner had she spoken than she was gone and there was a terrible noise up at the spinning wheel. When they went up to where the noise was they saw two little men and the old witch breaking up the spinning wheel & when the witch saw the people of the house looking, they all disappeared in a minute & were never seen again.
- Collector
- Eileen O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moyleroe Little, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Brigid Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Moyleroe Little, Co. Westmeath