School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Máire
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- (continued from previous page)suddenly around there were supposed to be taken away by them.
There also lived a witch who was supposed to carry off people. Her custom was to sit near a ford at the little river which was flowing near by. When a person passed by the ford she would clasp her arms around him and whip in-to the ford, and for that reason few people cared to passed that way by night. - There is a fort in Mr. O Connell's field which is situated on the Kilrush Road about half a mile from Ennis. It is fenced by a wall of loose stones. There are big trees growing around it. There is an entrance into it by a gap. There are big patches of soft sod which are very remarkable and it is said that(continues on next page)
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- Teresa Dinan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare