School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Ráth Mheidhg, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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“A man lived in Ballymanus and he used to let tinkers stop on his land.”
A man lived in Ballymanus + he used to let tinkers stop on his land. This evening they came to stop + they got ferns out of the raheen to sleep on. When the man of the house went out to bring in the cattle the next morning the cattle were all on their knees in the rath beating the ground + he could not get them out. Then he though would the travelling people have taken some of the ferns out of the rath + he went + got the ferns + put them back + then his cattle went home alright