School: Tinateriffe, Cappamore (roll number 7569)
- Location:
- Tinnatarriff, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Uí Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 066
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- There is a field named Ross in Towerhill and the old people believed that the Banshee could be heard crying there especially if any one in the district was near death. One night in particular she was crying and a man who heard her went next morning to the spot. He found there a comb which is believed to have belonged to her. The comb was on a flag beside the stream.
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“There is a great house near Towerhill graveyard and in it lived a land agent named Lloyd.”
There is a great house near Towerhill graveyard and in it lived a land agent named Lloyd. He was very stern and feared by all the poor people around. One day a woman in the neighbourhood who had a young boy came to Mr. Lloyd to complain him. The woman was a widow and the boy her only son. Lloyd happened to be in bad humour and he said to her "I will talk to the lad(continues on next page) - Informant
- John Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Towerhill, Co. Limerick
