School: Ballydaniel (roll number 13892)

Location:
Ballydaniel, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Micheál Mac Amhlaoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 447

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  1. A man from Tulla found a comb in a field and brought it home. The banshee's "keen" was heard for several nights after. They knew then that the comb belonged to the banshee, and they had to redden a shovel, and pass the comb out on the shovel, through the window, to her. She stopped keening and went away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There is a bridge in Corrack owned by man named John Walsh. It is haunted by fairies. Every night lights were seen under it, and at twelve o'clock every night the bridge used to open.
    One night a man named Pat Kerivick (Kerwick?) went across it very late, and the bridge sank down.
    The lights came up out of the bridge and followed him as far as his own home.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nicholas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leugh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Paddy Lanigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny