School: Star of the Sea Convent, Tramore (roll number 12334)
- Location:
- Tramore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Consiglio
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- There is a sand hill in Tramore and it is called the Burrow. The tide comes in between that and Craballmore and there are quicksands there. When the tide goes out it leaves a stream. The body of a shark floated in one day and from then out they called the stream River Shark and there is a phantom seen one night every year there. A man dressed in armour on horseback in a garden. He is called the Gullamugee. If anyone sees him they say that they will die within the year.
One day six girls from Waterford came out to pick cockles to sell. One of the girls, her name was Molly Kelly, was so hot that she went for a bathe and 'twas into the quicksands she stepped(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ursula O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tramore, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs C. Power
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female