School: Graughlough
- Location:
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Wade
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- (continued from previous page)fifteen to twenty feet apart. Hurly was played in former times. The people used a long wooden hurley stick with a bend on the top of it. The hurley ball was a small hard one. Other outdoor amusements are tennis, golf, hockey, handball, rings, and wheel of fortune.
- In this district the Lepreachaun is known to be a fairy. He is a very small creature, and he is dressed in a scarlet cap and a green coat. He is supposed to live in a fort or at a lone bush, shoemaking and cobbling is his occupation and he is supposed to work underneath a muchroom. In olden times it is said that somebody caught him and endeavoured to make him give up his gold but he said."(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr R. Kincaid
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seeharan, Co. Cavan