School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)
- Location:
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Patrick Mc Hugh
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- (continued from previous page)The island and Well were blessed by St Molaise
There is a little Chapel and no matter how many people go into it, it can never be filled.
When the cuckoo is heard on the island by a person on the mainland it is believed that some one on the island is going to die.
There are separate burial places for males and females.
When a man dies he is buried in the males place, and a woman in the females place.
If a man were buried in a females place, the corpse would be over the ground in the morning.
There is a little heap of stones beside the Chapel and no matter how many times they are counted, a person can never get the same number twice in succession.
Rats have never been seen on the Island and it is said that if houses on the mainland are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- James O' Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Carns, Co. Sligo
