School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)
- Location:
- Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 133
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- (continued from previous page)pass by the cave, or go into it for gold, would see a woman with a sword in her hand, who would kill them.
An Sile Dubh
There is a big hole in the wood known as An Sile Dubh or "The Black Spit". Any animal, bird or person that would pass by the hole would die that minute.
- I live in Gortnaskehy, Araglen (the glen of Arra), in the parish of Kilworth and in the Barony of Hanrahan and Clongibbons.
There are twenty two families living in my district and the population is 132 people.
Liddy is the most common name in(continues on next page) - Collector
- Denis Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortnaskehy, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Michael Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Gortnaskehy, Co. Cork
