School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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- (continued from previous page)One Hallow Eve night a man, - I do not know his name was walking near this tree. He saw the lights in the tree. There were three lights like candles in a ring. The lights followed him. There was music heard at the tree that night also.There is another fairy tree in Hugh McMenamin of Belalts farm.A (witck) witck [sic] is supposed to have cast a spell on the tree. The tree is rotten. It is said that if anyone cuts down the tree or breaks a branch off it that some misfortune will happen to them.
- Collector
- Patrick Carlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dungorman, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Dan Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Belalt, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Hugh Mc Menamin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Egglybane, Co. Donegal