School: Banahoe
- Location:
- Banagher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Mac an Bháird
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- Brian Mc Sherry lived in Corlateerin, Crosskeys. He was the grandfather of the prescut Peter Mc Sherry.
One Christmastide Brian came to the Parochial House in Crosskeys to sell a pig. He sold the pig and after having a few drinks in the village he started for home. He had to walk past Gaffney's Fort and through Gaffney's Bog on his way home. It was a dark stormy night and Brian lost his way. It happened that he began to walk around in a circle and try as he would he always found himself back at a particular spot. He sat down to rest and suddenly he thought of an advice to a person lost in such circumstances to turn his coat inside out. Doing this he got up, started off again and arrived at his own door without further difficulty. Pausing for a moment before going into the house he said to himself that he would be laughed at if went in with his coat(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Ben Gaffney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30
- Address
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
