School: Tinryland, Carlow
- Location:
- Tinriland, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Seidhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 481
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- (continued from previous page)4 (contd)the little back window of her hut. When the men slipped the dogs after her it was seen that one of the dogs caught her by the back as she was going through the window. The men went in to investigate and found the old hag (or witch) bleeding in bed. It was said her witching was then broken.5.It was a custom in olden times when people from far away outlying districts settled locally and when any member of the family died the friends and neighbours would carry the corpse on stretchers or bearers miles across fields, the shortest route to the original burial laces of the family. On one occasion a young man who was in the habit of staying our late at night when returning home heard voices and footsteps and as he thought he stepped into the ditch to let them pass. Instead they laid down the corpse right opposite to him and when one of the bearers complained(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Richard Heydon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Tinriland, Co. Carlow
