School: Glaise an Choinnlín (C.), Áth Treasna (roll number 12321)

Location:
Clashykinleen East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Ghealbháin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 372

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There is a fort in Dick Sheahan's land in Cnoc Meadonac. The Twomeys lived there before him.
A certain woman was sending her little girl to school. The little girl never went to school but went in to this fort. One day the teacher met the girl's mother and she asked why was she not sending her little girl to school. The mother said she was sending her to school every day.

One day they watched her and saw where she was going. When she came home from school the mother asked her why she went into the fort. The girl said that a Red Haired woman came out every morning and asked her to go in to mind a little baby in the fort.
The cattle were dying at home and the mother told the child to ask for a cure. The girl went and got the "wash" from the Red Haired woman. When she

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Collector
Joan C. Mc Auliffe
Gender
female
Address
Glennamucklagh West, Co. Cork
Informant
Con C. C. Mc Auliffe
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Glennamucklagh West, Co. Cork
Language
English