School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)
- Location:
- Barnaran, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Lochlainn
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is an old rath in Ticknevin Robertstown. There are big caves inside in it. One day Peter Behan was coming by and he heard a lot of noise going on inside, and when he went over he could hear a lot of talk going on also.
One night when my grandfather was coming home close beside the fort he saw a small lady sitting under a tree and a hood over her head and he went over and asked her what she was doing there at that hour of the night. She told him to pass on that it was no business of his. - 1. Mary Brierton Allenwood Robertstown has a cure for a blast which is a swelling anywhere. She cures it with ointment made from herbs which she collects and boils with lard.(continues on next page)
