School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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- (continued from previous page)was on the tree up to about fifty years ago. That is the reason why it was called Webster's well.
- One night as I was sitting by the fire - side I heard my father tell a story about a man that was seen in Kilcully, Ballyjamesduff.
One night a family of children along with some visitors were making potteen in a house. There was a man watching the house in case nobody would see them.
As they were making the potteen they saw a man standing on a hill in the field. They went out to see who it was, but they could not see him. Then when the men came back, they found(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- F. Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
