School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Farelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)It is said that every time she appears on the lake some person is drowned. There is no local person connected with the mermaid.
- There is an old castle about two miles from Bailieboro called Hassard's Castle. It is over a hundred years of age. It never was besieged or attacked. There is a tradition connected with this castle. It is said that a young boy from the district went into a field belonging to the castle and cut a branch of a tree. Someone saw him and told the guards, because the public were forbidden to enter the lands belonging to the castle.
The guards told the owner who was a wicked man and ordered that the boy should be hung on the tree he took the branch off. This wicked order was(continues on next page) - Collector
- Anna Gillic
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloghergoole, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- James Gillic
- Gender
- Male
