She had been a little woman who went from farm to farm spinning for her living, and she was made away with. After that she was seen sitting on the side of Carraghan with her spinning wheel beside her, holding her head in the crook of her arm, looking deeply troubled. To meet her was thought to bring dire misfortune.
One man saw her at about two in the afternoon and decided to catch her. He brought three others and their dogs and they spread out to surround her. When they closed in, she got up and tried to leave. The dogs would not go near her. Moore's informant said the dogs whimpered and seemed to cry. She reached a small stream, a gilly, and there she disappeared and was not seen on Carraghan again.
The same day, a man from the north side of the island said he had seen her hurrying over North Barrule towards Maughold Head. The man who led the chase fell seriously ill and could not work for six months afterwards.
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