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There was a man in Labasheeda and he had one son and he was very sick.

Abstract: Story collected by Martin Walsh, a student at Knockerra (B.) Killimer school (Knockerra, Co. Clare) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0629/1/3

 Knockerra (B.) Killimer [Vol. 0629, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Clare Schools

COLLECTOR
Walsh, Martin 
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

Knockerra (B.) Killimer  [duchas:4878770]

There was a man in Labasheeda and he had one son and he was very sick. His neighbours told him to go to Biddy Early for a cure. He went to the old witch with one of his neighbours. They travelled on horse back as they had a long way to travel from Labasheeda to the eastern side of Ennis. When Biddy Early saw them she knew them and she knew what they wanted. She told them that the boy was dead at two o'clock last night as they were passing the bridge to the east of Ballymacally. She also told them that he was overtook by a fair haired girl a few weeks before and that she was very sorry.

Long ago there was a blessed well in Tullycrine and a woman sent  her daughter to the well to wash clothes. The girl took water out of the well and the well closed and went into another field.

Resource description

Origin information
Knockerra, Co. Clare
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 005
Volume 0629
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Cuinneagáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
   linked data (naf)
Biddy early--Bidí Ní Mhochóirí
School location
Knockerra Cnoc Dhoire Kilrush Moyarta Clare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5079737
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0629/1/3

Suggested credit
"There was a man in Labasheeda and he had one son and he was very sick."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5079737>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Cuinneagáin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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