School: Urlár
- Location:
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 308
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In Loughlin stands the "Crann Cam". This is a tree that could never grow straight on account of all the people that were hung on it during the penal days. The "Crann Cam" is beside an old castle of a landlord but there is a nuns convent there now.
At that time the soldiers had a stick across the road so nobody could pass without they seeing them. Anyone they caught they made them join the army. There was a tailor lived near the place and he was a great jumper. He was going to town one day and he tied the cape of his coat with a single thread. When he was jumping the stick the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Joe Nyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Bridget Nyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
