School: Ráth Araidh (roll number 9362)
- Location:
- Rahara, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 112
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- (continued from previous page)a well defined track in the fields which was supposed to have been made by a pig, Up this road a cow and her twelve calves were supposed to travel every seven years from Lough Funshinagh to Lough Croan. After remaining seven years in Lough Croan they return again to Lough Funshinagh where they remain again for seven years when they again travel up the lorg to Lough Croan.
This lorg passes up by the house of Luke Donnelly Rahara. Here it crosses the Rahara - Curraghboy road.
A black pig was supposed to have rooted up this lorg.
