School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh
- Location:
- Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
- Teachers: An tSr. A. Nic Fhionnlaoich An tSr. M. Beinín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 173
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“Near the Hillhead there is a Protestant church, and about 54 years ago there was a ghost beiing seen there.”
(continued from previous page)A woman, who was living in the suburbs of Derry was supposed to be a witch because she had only one cow and yet she could sell seventy-five pounds of butter Her husband was watching her own night as she was making a garment. As she had no buttons she took a piece of butter and put it on the floor and then she put a spark on it, and it became a gold button. When she had made seven she sowed them on the garment.When eight o'clock came a wee man dressed in red was seen standing in the middle of the floor. When he saw her husband sitting in the corner he disappeared.The man, knowing she was a relative of the fairies, took his pistol and aimed at her but it was all in vain. He then remembered that a witch should be shot with silver and he put in a shilling to his pistol and aimed again and so the shilling struck her she fell dead. The man knew then that she was a witch.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lily Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hill Head, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Hill Head, Co. Donegal