School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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- (continued from previous page)book. It was believed that if you took a false oath on it your mouth would become twisted to one side of your face. The bachal was used to settle disputes. Informant does not know what family kept it.
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“Informant never heard of hurling as being practised in the district...”
Informant never heard of hurling as being practiced in the district but says there were some famous footballers.Same Informant Caman or Hurling was common around Knockbride in former timesJames McBrien- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Frank O' Hare
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Drumaveil South, Co. Cavan