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1. A Tale of a Witch

   

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   In a certain district in the Co Monaghan the people were greatly troubled on account of their cows having so very little milk and no butter It was also talked about that another woman in the same district having (ol) only one cow could have a basket of butter to the market every week, so one of the farmers who was losing some milk arose early one morning to keep a lookout, so he saw what looked like a hare leaving the byre a few mornings he cut a sieven sixpence in four shared and loaded it in his gun. So the next time he saw the hare he fired and wounded it in the leg And he saw the trail of blood and he followed it to the house of the old woman who could always have the butter to sell, and she was sitting in the corner with her leg in a bandage and seemed to be in great pain. so the people of that district never were troubled again with the cow losing their milk.
   I heard this from my father his age is

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Emyvale, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Kenneth P. Kennedy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 48

   Address

   Emyvale, Co. Monaghan