School: Star of the Sea Convent, Tramore (roll number 12334)
- Location:
- Tramore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Consiglio
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 108
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- Situated not far from Tramore Co. Waterford is an old Rath or Lios. The field once belonged to Mr. Budd. He sowed cabbage seed in the rath and had cattle in the field. He employed a woman to keep the cattle fron the cabbage.
One evening while the woman was sitting on the ditch of the Lios she saw a red haired woman coming towards her. The red haired woman caught her by the hair and asked what she was doing there and getting no reply from the herder she struck her. The woman then disappeared. The herder went home and she never got up from the bed for seven (?) after which she went to America. Some years later when the Lios(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Bluett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickavrantry, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs Power
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
