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School: Loch Iasg

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Tawnyvorgal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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    It is most unlucky to cut these bushes. Some great disaster is sure to follow. One man, it is said, in order to get a site for a hen house cut one of the these bushes and on the following morning was found with his head turned on his shoulders.
    The banshee warns for death and is still believed in by some. It is said to follow the Grahams, the Mc Glincheys, the […] and the Thomases [sic]
    Information received from Pupils who got it at home.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Carr
    Other names
    Mary Carr
    Teresa Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Elizabeth Wray
    Other names
    Elizabeth Wray
    Mary Carr
    Teresa Kennedy
    Address
    Friary, Co. Donegal
    Greenan, Co. Donegal