School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 333
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is an old story told about Lake Derravaragh, near Collinstown, Co. Westmeath. This is it.
Long ago in Galway there lived a witch who owned a big lake. Another witch lived in Westmeath. The latter borrowed the lake from the Galway witch, and said she would give it back.
The Galway witch gave it to her, but she wouldn't give it back. There is said to be a big hole in Galway where the lake was. - This prayer used to be said before going to bed at night. "Here I lay down my head to sleep.(continues on next page)
