School: Camross, Mountrath

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   “The proper name for Moll Joe's hill is...”

   

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   He never stopped till he drank four half gallons. "That's grand ale" said Pim, "and only that I'm in a hurry I'd wait to take a good drink of it.

   

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   “Johnny Carroll Shrahane Camross was coming with turf from Lacca Bog. ...”

   

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   Johnny Carroll Shrahane Camross was coming with turf from Lacca Bog. He was passing by a field owned by Tynan then (now owned by a man named Cordial) when a saw what he firmly believes to be - the Good People in this said field. They appeared as if they were playing. The field he said was alive with them, They were about one fort high.

   

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   “One day a man was getting a coulter of a plough...”

   

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   One day a man was getting a coulter of a plough mended at Cordials forge in Cappanarra. When the job was done he put the coulter on his shoulder to go home. Tim Cordial asked him to come in for a game of Cards. The people of the

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Johnny Carroll

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Srahanboy, Co. Laois