School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)
- Location:
- Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 130
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- Once upon a time it is said that there was an old woman in Patrick Trainors lough. She had a woman's head and shoulders and a fish's body.
It has only been seen once in a generation. She came out on the bank trailing a child after her by means of a chain around its neck. She ran after Mick Trainor and when she knew she could not get a hold of him she said "Wait, I have lozenges for you." No attempt have ever been made to capture her.Long before she was heard of a man called Vicky drowned himself in it. One morning after he got his breakfast he went to a neighbour's house and asked a bag of turf. When he went out to the lough he spread the bag on the water and lay down on the bag and sank to the bottom.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kavanagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clontycasta, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Bernard Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Clontycasta, Co. Monaghan
