School: Cor na Gaoithe (roll number 7495)
- Location:
- Cornageeha, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 036
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- One night at about 2 0' clock, two men were coming from Blacklion, and as they were passing through Dowra two big black men appeared. They were so big that they sat in one of the largest houses in the town.
The two men who were coming from Blacklion were in terrible state with fear.
They ran as fast as their legs could carry them.
They had to separate when they were about half way home. One of them got home safely without seeing anything else but the other man did not. When he parted with the other man (did not) he saw a great crowd of men following him and when he was going through a bog one of them threw a big weight into the bog hole.
Then they vanished. The man ran home as quickly as he could in great fear.
- Informant
- Stephen Creamer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garvesk, Co. Cavan
