School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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- (continued from previous page)rock got the name of the, Wild goose, because the people around here used to go to this rock to hear mass every Sunday, and every place the priest would walk he would leave the track of his foot; and when he would have mass said the people used to go home in all directions like flocks of "Wild geese", because they were afraid they might be captured for hearing mass, and that is how this rock got the name of the, "Wild goose".
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- Collector
- Robert Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Robert Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan