School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 173
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- Another famous story that the old people of the locality tell us about that pretty spot, - Mullagh lake, - regarding the doings of the "Good People" is as follows:-
Many years ago, a father and son were out in a boat on Mullagh lake, when, on a sudden, the boy caught a large eel. He struggled hard to kill the fish but in vain. In the end, he struck a knife into the eel's throat and, with a leap, the fish got back into the water again - knife and all - and swam to its bottom.
A few days later, as the father and son were working on their farm, a man riding a white horse came up to the and asked the boy to go with him, saying that he required him for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ida Deignan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Brigid Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
