School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 474
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- (continued from previous page)themselves with holy water; when entering the chapel, when going to bed and when getting up, when starting on a journey and when in danger.
When people would buy a new bed they would sprinkle holy water on it before sleepig upon it.
Tim Mulready.
- In Miss Brennan's land in Walshestown there is a ditch and in a certain part of this ditch there is gold hidden. A strange animal is watching this gold. This animal is like a cat. If anyone tries to get the gold this strange animal will run after him and kill him.
If the person brings an old cat with him and if he kills it when the strange animal chases him he will get off. - Collector
- Theresa Mulready
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Irishtown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs E. Brennan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
