School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dún Droma, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0582, Page 166
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- (continued from previous page)There used to be half-doors in every house They always burned wood in the fires. There lights were rushlights made from the rushes which grow in wet land.
- There are a lot of stories tolt about the Banshee. She is supposed to be out when certain people die.
She is seen eating an apple and combing her hair. If you ask her for a bit of the apple, you would die.
A lot of people believe in the banshee. They say she is often heard when some people die. The sound is like the wind moaning. - Collector
- Phyllis Maxwell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Scarbhach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr W. Maxwell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Scarbhach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
