School: Maghcromtha (B.)

Location:
Macroom, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Deasmhumhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0342, Page 255

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    you again".
    The [young] woman was the mother of the young man who had died several years before that.
    The young man was very steady for a time, but before long he was at the late cardplaying again. Whether he "saw" anything again or not, is not known, but it is a fact that he died suddenly a year from the date he saw his mother at the side of the stream.
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  2. In a certain house near Cooldaniel, Macroom, there was an old fort which extended down in front of the house. The residents built a porch in front of the house in the passage of the fort, and put a door on each side of it. The people did not get peace or ease until they took off the two doors after night-fall, because the fairies were always traversing there.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macroom, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs D. O' Mahony
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macroom, Co. Cork