The Cave.About two yards form the school is to be found a 'Cave' (So called). It is about 100 yards from the main road, which runs to Scarriff.Tradition says that there is a tunnel connecting it with the Island of Inishcultra (About 2 mls N.) and that nobody ever went down in it - It was not lucky etc. (James Mulcahy, aged 86)The writer made several journeys down there and has up to now suffered but little as a result except from thorn scratches etc., A torn coat and a decent fright as a result of a bat flying into his face.Here is what he saw:-A chamber about 26 feet long built in the sides in dry mason work (well done) covered completely over with large flags on the cantilever principle. The height of the chamber varies from 5 1/2 to 5 ft but there is a lot of loose earth and gravel on the floor due to work of rabbits and foxes which

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"Hidden Treasures."

The year of the following event is not exactly known by any of the previous generation but it probably happened about seventy years ago.
Down in Laccaroe in somewhere in the direction of Scarriff ,there lived a man named Shaun Fleming .He dreamed night after night of a pot of gold hidden under a large flag in a field owned by then by O'Connors ,but now occupied by Johnny Hogan and his family .The dream troubled Shaun very much and after a time he cam and told his story to Father Tom Mc Inerney,then Parish priest of Feakle .
The priest said, the "The gold is there ,Shaun,but you will earn it hard if you get it.Get two other men like yourself and go prepared to dig for the gold..Take this bottle of holy water which I have blessed specially for the purpose ,and keep sprinkling it on the ground all around in a circle,and keep inside the circle while digging.But remember me ,whatever happens keep together for if you separate you will lose one man.
Having got the priests blessing ,Shaun left taking with him the bottle of Holy water.Next night ,Shaun Fad and Joe Tuohy went with their spades to seek for the gold.
They made a circle

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Butter -making and churns.
Long ago the old people used get alot more trouble with butter than nowadays.
They used churn with a churn-dash wash it with a cream stand,salt it with salt and a timber "shimmer"as it was called at that time.
Then the woman could go to the shop and carry the butter in pans.They used have long hair at that time and they used make a plait of it ,and leave the pan on top of their heads.
On Mondays markets used be held at that time.No lorries used go from the shops like nowadays ,only the shopkeepers used send it to Scarriff and Gort by horses and cars.In winter the prices used amount to 5d 6d 71/2d and in Summer

In my district there are a good many place names.Attyfeenian - the place of the fenians.
Scarriff - the little stones
Knockktoby - Tobies hill
Tubber - the well
Gort a Múdán - the field of the fool
The Chéilóg - means a long narrow garden
Glan father - Peters Glen
Lecken - the side of a hill
There a great many fields around my art of the country such as Powell Gorry - the hollow garden
Gorry Árd - the high garden
Glawn - the glen
Páircín Uisge - the field of the water
The big Cregg - the big stone
The Currack - the island
LocthGainne - the sand
Gort Inse Guaire - the town of Guaire
Derryowen - the oaks belonging to Owen
Creggboy - yellow rock
Shanaglish - the old church