School: Corlurgan
- Location:
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: F. Fletcher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 140
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- I live in Clarebawn, the same townland as Kathleen Hyland who gave an account of it in the previous composition. I heard most of the stories she related, but I can tell another couple. One is that there is a lake near my townland and it is said that there was a ghost settled in the lake, and each year a white foam forms over the lake, and settles into one corner where the ghost is supposed to be.
Another strange story is told that when anyone is dying in the neighbourhood, a large white bird visits the lake for about three weeks, and at its departure someone dies.
There is in my district a place known as Drumheel, which(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clarebane, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs R.E. Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clarebane, Co. Cavan
