School: Beith Mhór (Beaghmore) (roll number 1209)

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1. Old Crafts (continued)

   

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   houses. Pat Foy Killahurk can make churns. There was a family named Gilroy, who lived in Carrigallen who could make nails. John Francis Owens Augharan, Michael Blessing, Aughanglace and Maxwell and Kelleher, Carrickmakeegan burnt lime in kilns. There was a man who lived in lower Drumreilly, about a hundred years ago, who could make cups, mugs, and plates out of clay. A lot of people used to go to him to get things made.

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2. Local Monuments

   

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   There are four standing stones in my district. There is one in Beaghmore in a farm of John Doherty's. It is said St Patrick came by that way. There is a track in the stone. it is the track of St. Patrick's knees. There is a hole in the stone. It is said that if you threw a pin into that hole you would get cured of warts. There is another stone in a field of John Reynolds in Drumerkane. There is a track of

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