School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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    a person would say and every thing else .The people came over from America to be cured and she could not take any payment but a shilling and then any present you like to give her.She used be always along with the fairies.
    She lived below in Killbarron and had a small shop and was married to a small withered man .The priest hated her and would not let the people to her.One day a man was going down to her and the priest stopped him below in Feakle.The man had a black thorn stick and he said he would wear it on the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Acres, Co. Clare