School: Ballysadare (B.) (roll number 7410)
- Location:
- Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Sitric
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- Most of the people in this district say it is not right to interfere with a lone tree and others do not believe in the superstition. Anyone that ever harmed a lone tree was always punished in some mysterious way. There are many stories told about lone trees but this is a true story which happened [to] an old woman.One day an old woman of this district named Mrs Meehan was out gathering sticks to burn on the fire. She happened to break some branches off a lone tree and brought them home. She put them in the fire and they would not burn for her. In about half an hour's time the sticks(continues on next page)
- Collector
- J. Mc Partland
- Informant
- Dan Mc
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockmuldoney, Co. Sligo