School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1006, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)eyes can be seen especially on a Monday night and he often walks alongside any parties travelling in the direction of the Stonewall.
A lady having two dogs as large as year old calves on two chains and with burning red tongues and eyes were met one morning at 1 o'clock am near Mr Killen's avenue gate by Patrick Jackson of Drutamy and John Carrie of Togher, after they passed these men say they felt a very heavy smell of sulphur, other local people tell the same experience.
- There is a little lake called the "Castle lake" about 1/2 mile from Bailieborn and a story is told that about eighty years ago a man named Phil Carroll of Urcher was fishing, and all of a sudden there appeared in the rushes adjoining the lake what seemed to him as a strange looking big dog(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie Cox
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Cox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
