School: Castlepollard (Infants) (roll number 11469)
- Location:
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Davitt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)The Learahan Sidhe tempts the love of poets Inspiring(?) them - If they refuse she must be their slave but if they consent she feeds upon their vitals till they die.
The Pooka is said to be a tricky goat-shaped sprite who haunts wells and taints fruit. Children have a dread of his tainting blackberries after the 23rd September after which date they will not eat any of the fruit.
WitchesThese are not popular in Ireland now-a-days. They were generally old hags who by the evil power they possessed could chase away butter of a churning or compound love potions or at most assume the form of a hare and suck the milk from their neighbours cows, before the sunlight touched the dew.There is a story here but it is I think(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Davitt
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
