School: Dromlachan
- Location:
- Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 394
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- (continued from previous page)be knocked again for you built it on our pass". So he moved the house and it never was knocked again.
- In old times there was one of the Glancys of Drumloughan going to get a child christened. She had a brother in law and sister in law with him. They were walking and when they were passing by Garvey's gate they saw a little house and a little red woman outside the door feeding 30 red hens. Glancy wondered because he never saw the house there before. When they were coming home the pair that was with Clancy missed the house and ashed where it was gone to. That night Glancy was telling the neighbours about seeing the little house and the little red woman and an old man that was on his ceílidhe in Glancy's said "I often heard that in olden times there lived a witch woman in a little house near where Garvey's gate is now."
- Collector
- P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Keegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Racullen, Co. Leitrim
- There was a man one time in Tunnaghmore, and(continues on next page)
