School: Gleann Dubh (roll number 16032)
- Location:
- Carnagh West, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 334
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- (continued from previous page)fairies and they say it is unlucky to plough or dig them or it would bring misfortune on the village. About a few hundred yards from one of the forts in my district there is a track of two cart wheels about four feet apart and there are no marks of any horses hoofs between the wheels and it is supposed to be driven by spiritual power and the tracks can be seen under the walls and it leads into a nearby wood and then it disappears. The old people say it used to be tracked out of the fort in snow and it is called "Ghost bar".
