School: Clonshough
- Location:
- Clonshagh, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: C. Ní Bhroin
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- Crowl's Castle.
In olden times there was a place in Swords called Crowl's Castle and the man who owned it carried on the dairy business but one evening when they went to milk the cows they were all milked. The next evening they kept watch and what did they see but a witch sucking the cows.
Told by my father to me,
Christy McGuinness, Belcamp, Co. Dublin, 25/11/37.A Tale of a Witch Hare.
This witch hare was on a farm down near Donabate and she used to inhabit the ruins of an old dwelling house. Men came with greyhounds from all over the country to course her day after day and she would escape into
- Collector
- Christy Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Belcamp, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Christy Guinness, Senior
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Belcamp, Co. Dublin
- This witch hare was on a farm down near Donobate and she used to inhabit the ruins of an old dwelling house. Men came with grey-hounds from all over the country to course her day after day and she would escape into(continues on next page)
