Biddy Early: Witch or woman ahead of her time?
Susan Daly
Even though she died more than 130 years ago, the name Biddy Early still sends a frisson through certain of the older generations. I'm sure I wasn't the only child in Munster to have scuttled to bed with the threat of Biddy Early, rather than the bogeyman, snatching any child found staying up too late.
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