School: Ceann Dáimh (roll number 16173)
- Location:
- Kinaff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Mac Cathmhaoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 64
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- (continued from previous page)cattle, as there was a superstition to the effect that if they interfere with them something will happen to some member of their family.
In the town land of Carnacull there is a fort from which a man named John Campbell took large flags for flooring purposes. Scarcely had he the flags left on the floor when they broke into small bits without any visible reason. He took this as an omen that he should not have interfered with the cave. He afterwards discovered that in that particular fort people were interred in former years.
- Collector
- Michael J. Durkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kinaff, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Loftus
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Kinaff, Co. Mayo
