School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)
- Location:
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 045
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- (continued from previous page)said to be very airy. One night a funeral was seen coming out of the gate of the field and going so far as the Ball-alley went off out the mountain.
It was also said that a man was cutting thistles there one day, and he lighted a fire near the fort. Placing a can of water near the fire, he continued his work. When he came back to the fire it was quenched and the can was turned upside down about a hundred yards away from the fire.
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- Collector
- Nellie Peters
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs M. Peters
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
