School: Drumrora
- Location:
- Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mulligan
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- About sixty years ago a man was going by McEvoys fort as a byway. His name was Padna Harten no relations living. He saw a large tree growing in the fort so he considered that if he stole it, it would make a great fire for him. The following night he returned and cut it and brought it home unobserved. He went to bed that night as usual but when he awoke next morning his mouth was round under his ear, which shows that it is not right to cut a tree from a fort. A woman in the neighbourhood was asked if she had good potatoes and replied "I regret to see Padan letting them in at the butt of his lug".
- There was a man from this country who purchased a farm at Ratclahey along the road from(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Finaway, Co. Cavan