School: Clochar San Pól, Cill Fhíonáin (roll number 13026)
- Location:
- Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 223
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- Situated in Moorstown there is an historical moat about ten feet high. It is surrounded by fir bushes and in the centre there is a very big white thorn. At the foot of that bush there is a large wide flagstone.
It is supposed to be very dangerous to pick sticks near that moat. If you did you would be put to sleep for hours and perhaps never again awake.
One day my grandfather went to cut bushes there and when he had a lot gathered he fell into a sound sleep. He heard a voice saying to him if he ever again cut bushes there he would never walk. On another occasion a man was cutting bushes in that same place and when he got up next morning his hair was turned grey. Some people say that a king and all his treasures are buried underneath the flagstone.
- Collector
- Eily Connery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moorestown, Co. Limerick
- One harvest morning about forty-five years ago, George Fizelle[?], who lives near Kilfinane(continues on next page)
