School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 185
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A black thorn bush grew in this man's field and it resembles an iron bar. Several men tried to cut it but failed. A few years ago a branch of this bush was blown down and it was an iron bar. The fairies owned this bush for one day a turkey made her best and in it she laid a goose egg.
- There was once a man living in Clonave whose name was Condy Molloy. He was also known as the wild man of(continues on next page)
