School: Mercy Convent, Longford (roll number 12942)
- Location:
- An Longfort, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Sr Clement
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- (continued from previous page)dance to it. Then they go from house to house and when the come to the door they shake the moneybox and if they get a penny they either dance or play for them. It the evening the go away.
- In Stone - park, Ballymacormack there is a well called Clorie well. It is said that a woman washed clothes in it. The well dried up and spring up in a spot about nine yards away.
There is another well near Killashee called Loughanie. Children were brought there with sore eyes. There is a lone bush growing beside it. It was never interfered with.
In Killashee also there a fairy hill called Culiciland. It is a sandy hill. It is said that an old woman used to leave a plate of Oaten Meal on this hill every night. One night she forgot to(continues on next page)