School: Macha na gClaidhe (roll number 16086)
- Location:
- Maughanaclea, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Macháin
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- It is said that in olden times unbaptised children were buried on a fence at the cross roads. They (cross roads) are then considered very lonely places at night. It is also said that the "Banshee" is often found "caoining" there.
- Informant
- M. O Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Cousane, Co. Cork
- Can Cloc :- There are two Carn Cloc in the district. At one place a man was killed "accidentally" . Then when people passed the place they took up a pebble and fired it into a pot where the dead man once lay. They just say when doing it: "May the lord have mercy on his soul".
Casain Aifrainn : Although mass was celebrated in places in the district, and although the places where mass was celebrated can be seen, yet no traces of mass paths remain.
Droceid :- No story re[?] ame. (Small service only in district)
