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School: Cnoc Bríde (1)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 240

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  1. A Giant's Grave

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    There is a giant's grave on Callaghans hill, which is covered with a very large stone and a lone bush growing beside it.
    There is a cave on our rock. The priests said mass in the olden times in this cave. The priests kept the vestments in the cave every night.
    There still remains a lone bush about fifteen perches from Anna fort. There were a lot of horse shoe nails driven into the bush. It was a cure for a toothache.
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  2. The Jaundice Tree

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    In the townland of Rebawn overlooking Killann old church is growing a tree very much like a whitethorn but has thorns on it exactly like a gooseberry. It is growing on the outer bark which is of a silver colour. When this is scraped off it
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Joe Mc Breen
    Gender
    Male