School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 126
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- About four generations ago, there lived in County Cavan a man who was supposed to be able to work the "black art."
One day, he thought he would go to the market to make a few pounds. So gathering a load of baughlons (buachalon = Ragweed), he brought them out in a covered cart. He wasn't long in the (in) market, until a man came up to him and asked what he had in the cart, to which he replied, "A cart of pigs, Sir," revealing a fine load of pigs, which he sold for a large sum of money. The purchaser of the pigs, very proud of his bargain went home, but on removing the cover, all he found was a load of baughlons.
On another occasion, this man who worked the "black art" was riding a horse through Cavan town, his face towards the horse's tail. A girl happened to be looking through a window, and saw the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sylvia Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ragaskin, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs O' Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Lisnashanna, Co. Cavan
