School: Ballycloghan, Ardagh (roll number 9827)
- Location:
- Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mary Ledwith
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- Not very long ago there was what we call charmers for both good bad or evil. When a neighbour would have some spleen against one he would go to the abode of a person who was supposed to be able to cause the death of a rival or enemy at a certain time by secret and evil means. It was done in the following way. The charmer got a sheaf of oats or wheat and into each joint of the straw which occurs at every nine or ten inches a clothes pin was stuck. The sheaf was then buried in a potato field and left there until all the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid M. Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrycam, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Michael Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Druming, Co. Longford