School: Barraniskey, Avoca
- Location:
- Barranisky West, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Miss Kavanagh
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- The Bewitched BrideSean Mac Carthy we will call him was a great dance goer, and he used to pass through a "forth" on his way out to the road. On one occasion as he was passing through the forth, he heard voices, and he was surrounded by a lot of small men on horse-back, and one riderless horse. The men asked him if he would go for a ride and, being glad of adventure, he started off.
They went over hill and dale until at last they came to a house where there was a wedding feast being held. They dismounted, and one of the men bid Sean go in and ask the bride out for a dance, and that as soon as he would see her faint off, he was to leave her and(continues on next page)
