School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
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- The Turkeycock. A True Story.
My teacher gave me this story. In Drumbad lane near, Gortlettragh Church, a turkeycock appeared some time ago and is said to have appeared since.
One night a man was coming home from his ceilidh. When he reached his own lane a lorry passed him, just then the turkeycock came out before him and crew.
He was very much afraid as he had to pass the place where the turkeycock came out.
- Herb like everything else are of two classes good and bad. Some herbs destroy crops whilst other are quite harmless. The most common herbs growing in this district are crow-foot, red shank, hemlock, sorrel chicken weed feather ful wild mustard nettles dandelion thistle spear-point goose tongue robin-round, the hedge fern and feather ful these others herbs are injurious to crops. They grow up very quickly and then of course(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Choistealbhaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornageeha, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Farell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumhass, Co. Leitrim
