School: Lios Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 408
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- Bourke of Kilimar was the landlord of Attavalley, Carrick, ? and Corohore. He was a cruel landlord and he evicted many of the people. One of his servants was a boy from Carrick.
One night a number of men gathered at Feerick's mill to draw a kilncast. This mill was worked by the little river which flows from Carrick lake. The men started to talk about the cruel landlord. There was a well educated man among them. The man started . reading something out of a book. By some evil power the called the devil up before him and he kissed him through a sieve. In the morning the landlord was found under his own bed quite black and dead. The people said it must have(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary E. Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrick, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Walsh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrick, Co. Mayo
