School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 028
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- "Let us join & offer a Pater & Ave to keep us from sickness & a sudden & unprovided death from the snares & deceit of the devil & from the hands of our enemies both soul and body.
- A woman going to Kilmeague saw a car coming. There was a stack of straw & the woman went over to the stack to let the car pass. A woman rose out of the stack of straw & went away. She was the banshee.
- Informant
- Pat Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
- A man went into Mag Foxe's rath in Newtown Robertstown Co Kildare & began to cut a tree.
A piece of wood went into his eye & his eye withered away.
A very old man named Danaher told this to James Dunne Allenwood N.S. - People used to put a bit of hay at the door for St. Brigid to wipe her feet passing by door on St. Brigid's eve.
