School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)He had a workman, whom he sent every year to assist
his neighbours, and they would send help to mow and
save the hay of this meadow.
It failed him one year, to get the necessary help, to
mow the meadow on a day. The workman got so frightened
of his master for this drawback, he went out alone through
the night to cut a part of the meadow. When he commenced
to sharpen his scythe, he heard a voice saying "edge
your scythe well and take time with it."
When he had his scythe sharpened, he began to cut
a swath in the corner of the meadow, he again heard
the same voice, which told him, "mow a swath through
the middle of the meadow, and don't look back until
your reach the stream at the other side of the field."
He did, as commanded, and when he reached the
other side of the meadow, he looked back, he did
not know his own swath, because all the meadow
was cut, and full of swaths, like the one he had
mown.
Ever since that field is called pairc na bpucai
- The hill overlooking Taur School, is called locally
Bo. Cartaigh. Long ago a man whom the people called
Fear a bo Cartaig appeared on several occasions
after sunset, crying and bemoaning his fate.
It is said, that the local people after consulting with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary B. Reidy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- M. Reidy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
