School: Droichead na Dóinne (roll number 10261)

Location:
Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Scolaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0465, Page 128

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  1. XML School: Droichead na Dóinne
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  3. XML “Lough Brin”
  4. XML “The Long Lake”

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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Loughbrin, Co. Kerry
  2. Older residents tell of a piast (worm) which resides in this lake. They say he rises occasionally before some great misfortune is to befall the country. They point out the peculiar rock formation beside the lake (rounded through glacial action) as being due to the worm. It is a perfectly plain example of glacier action yet the other rock formation of locality is rough shale. Nothing similar exists in this locality to my knowledge.
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