School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)
- Location:
- Hospital, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Sr. Bernard
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- (continued from previous page)supposed to be inhabited long ago, and it is said that the old people used to see fairy men with red caps, at night. It is also said that when the old people used to stay up all night minding a sick cow, they heard the cry of the hounds and the music of the horn hunting, but they never saw the hunt. It is supposed that a lame goose inhabits one of the moats, and she appears if any one attempts to interfere with the moat.
It was said that long ago Mr. P. Connell, the owner of Glenbane moat was rooting up hawthorn bushes that were in his way around the moat. He was at work for some time, when he raised his eyes off his work to take a rest. he looked towards his farmhouse and was shocked to see it on fire. He left(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Mc Eniry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Farranasa, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr J. Mc Eniry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farranasa, Co. Tipperary
