School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)
- Location:
- Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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- Long ago people used to pay women to moan in the corpse house just when the corpse would be leaving for the church. Just when the corpse would be leaving the corpse house these moaners would start off altogether and they would be like a lot of hoarse bawling. When this custom died out the ghosts of these moaners cry after certain families and it is called the banshee of the boheanter. It cries after all the "Os" and "Macs" and a few other(continues on next page)