School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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   “Down at Flower Hill there was no bridge at one time and the people had to walk across the Blackwater.”

   

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   Down at Flower Hill there was no bridge at one time and the people had to walk across the Blackwater. In summer time they often went across on stepping stones. After a while they made a wooden bridge. One night there was a feast in Fitzherberts a large house along the river. The guests came to the feast in coaches drawn by four horses. They all got drunk at the feast and when they were going home the wooden bridge broke down and they all fell into the river. Every year on that date

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Hilliard

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   10

   Address

   Sráid an Acadaimh, Co. na Mí

   Informant

   Joseph Kappock

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Uaimh, Co. na Mí