School: Adair, Fermoy
- Location:
- Fermoy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Mhic Giolla Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0378, Page 159
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- (continued from previous page)the people would shout and say "Tá sé i n-a luighe." When the serpent got to the sea he was drowned. The river Lee got its name from the shouts of "Tá sé i n-a luighe."
- There is a graveyard at the village of Coole, which is near Fermoy. As one approaches the graveyard at night, one is supposed to hear moaning, groaning and clapping. When one turns the corner, a hearse is said to be seen with a figure dressed in white driving it. If one looks into the graveyard, ghosts of the dead people who were buried there, walk on their tombs.
Cyril Skuse,
Provincial Bank House,
Fermoy.
From story told by Tommy Gerety. - Collector
- Cyril Skuse
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fermoy, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Tommy Gerety
- Gender
- Male
