School: Sisters of Charity Convent N.S., Bealach an Doirín
- Location:
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Seosamh Ní Cheallaigh
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One day, about forty years ago there were a few women travelling into Ballaghaderreen, on the Carracastle Road. They were carrying their baskets in their shawls on their backs. One of them looked behind her. She saw a person coming who was riding on a penny-farthing bicycle. She could not understand how a person could travel without his feet on the ground. "Noru, the devil is coming, the devil is coming" she shouted. The women immediately set out running across the fields(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Towey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs J. Towey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doogary, Co. Roscommon