School: Clifferna
- Location:
- Clifferna, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sister Mc Ardle
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- Long ago people were thought to have the power to cure sickness.
There lived a man in Knockbride called Lynch whom the people thought to have power to cure cows but he died and after him came a woman named Biddy Golrick. She was generally called "Biddy the thread". She lived in Killinkere.
No matter what animal about a house got sick they went for Biddy. If it was a cow she would say she was elf-shot that a brown stone fell out of heaven at her.
She would get five(continues on next page)
