School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 243
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- (continued from previous page)skeleton found buried in the floor of the house.
- My father told me a story, about a stone which is situated in a big field in Frael, in the parish of Denn.
One night long ago a man went through that field and saw the stone. He went over to it and began to roll it down the field. When he rolled it away, he saw a big hole in the ground. A tall man came up out of the hole and said "why did you roll away that stone" and the man said, because I thought that stone was doing harm to the field.
The tall man said roll back that stone to the place(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Morrow
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carn, Co. Cavan
