School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)
- Location:
- Ovens, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Maud Mc Guire
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“Fairy folk and leprechauns were supposed to revel around a very tiny well in Currabeg (Ovens)...”
Fairy folk & leprechauns were supposed to revel around a very tiny well in Currabeg (Ovens).
The water was never used, but a dark scum which appeared at certain periods was gathered at midnight & utilised by old women as cures for Ringworm & Warts.
A wandering tinker, stopped at the well one evening, & washed some articles in it. The following day the well appeared at the opposite side of the field.- Informant
- Mrs Patrick O' Mahony
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Curraghbeg, Co. Cork
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“During the Cromwellian Persecution the following strange happening occurred in connection with a graveyard, situated near the banks of the Lee, a few miles from the city of Cork...”
During the Cromwellian Persecution the following strange happening occurred in connection with a graveyard, situated near the banks of the Lee, a few miles from the city of Cork.
The Parish Priest was murdered by a priest hunter. A few weeks later the murderer(continues on next page)- Informant
- John Dorney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Occupation
- Stationmaster
- Address
- Killumney, Co. Cork