School: Ceapach Chuinn (B.) (roll number 1936)

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1. A Story of Dromana (continued)

   

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   one would move the accursed object. The present writer saw it at the time. it was an elm of nearly six feet in diameter, but the trunk was a mere shell, scarcely four inches in thickness and about twelve feet in length".

   

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   “One day a woman was down catching small fry with a bucket and a rope tied to it.”

   

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   One day a woman was down catching small fry with a bucket and a rope tied to it. The bank broke under her and she was falling into the river. Then the Maidrín Droichid came behind her and took her out of the water. The same day the Maidrín Droichid walked in to a man who lived in Twigbog. The mans name was Ned Dunne. One night himself and his son were sitting at the fire talking. Ned looked down towards the door. He saw Maidrín Droichid. He said to his son to get the hatchet and when he looked around the dog was as large as the cow and he was hardly

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Mc Carthy

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Thomas Keane

   Other names

   Thomas Keane

   Tom Kean

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   82

   Occupation

   Baker

   Address

   Cappoquin, Co. Waterford