School: An Chluain
- Location:
- Cloan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 480
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- Long ago a Reentrisk man and his son were coming home from Castle Town by a "short cut" across the hill. Another man told him that there was an evil spirit in the hill but he said he did not believe him. So they went across the hill. When they reached a place called the "Caiseac" they saw some thing like a pig coming towards them. The pig attacked the boy and no matter what the man did he could not stop him. The pig killed the boy and went away. The man brought the boy home on his back and sent for the priest. When the priest arrived he sent all the people out and sometime in the evening when they went in the boy was alright. The priest went to the "Ciseac" and the spirit appeared in the form of a woman. The priest made a ring around her with holy water and then he asked the spirit why she appeared. The spirit said that she killed an unbaptised(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Diarmuid Ó hArrachtáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahermeeleboe, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Diarmuid Ó hArrachtáin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Cahermeeleboe, Co. Cork
