Volume: CBÉ 0577 (Part 002)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0577, Page 379
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- Within a quaarter of a mile of the village of Whitechurch, about 4 and a half miles S. from N. Ross in townland of Ballykelly, there are three huge stones standing on their ends thus:
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In or about 4 or 5 ton weight each, not leaning against each other but at the same time very close.
- Water diviners use a cherry stick. They hold the stick straight in their hands. There is a fork on the stick. When they stand over where the water is, the stick bends towards the ground and will even drag the diviner down himself. Mitchel, is the man's name that 'divines' in this part of the country.
