School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- There is a field in my father's farm, Mr. Hugh Cox which is known as "Mr. McKague's field" as it was at one time owned by a person named McKague.
In this particular field a house was built and the stones and the slates are to be seen yet, and an old woman Mrs. McKague was the last person who lived there, she was believed to be a witch and to be able to take the butter of the neighbouring farmer's milk, so one morning a neighbour man named James Ryder watched out, and he saw her milking his cow in a(continues on next page)