School: Bun Machan
- Teacher: Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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- One night a few men were assembled together in a certain house.They were talking away peacefully for some time when all at once they heard a great noise as of a cow bellowing. The man of the house, thinking it was a cow who had entered the farmyard, lit a lantern and went out. Just as he was returning to the house again he saw a figure all dressed in white with long white flowing hair and which was travelling in great speed and every few minutes uttered a most lamentable cry. He came in again and related his great adventure to his companions.They told him it was the Banshee following the dead. The following morning they heard that a neighbour had died suddenly that night so the Banshee was keening the dead.
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- Collector
- Annie O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Gharráin, Co. Phort Láirge
- Informant
- William O' Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Baile an Gharráin, Co. Phort Láirge
