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School: Kilcoskan, The Ward

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 49

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    Hungry Sod: on which if you stand you feel weak with hunger. It is also called Hungry Grass. A great number of people in this district believe in the Hungry Sod
    John Reddin & Thomas Corcoran
    Kilcoskan,
    The Ward
    & Thomas Lumb, Lumley
    Thorntown
    Kilsallaghan
    are three people who have really experienced this weakn[ess.] The first man mentioned abov[e] stood on a hungry sod in two different places. The first time it happened was in a field in Irishtown, The Ward, called Black Hill Field. At one part of the field a spot
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Hugh Larkin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    John Reddin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Thomas Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Thomas Lumb
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Thorntown, Co. Dublin