School: Cannistown (roll number 15104)
- Location:
- Kennastown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Ghiobúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 301
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- There is a Fairy Pass from Knocknagurneen to Cruc Sevenya and a man built a house on it in ancient times. He had to leave it. He built it in the garden and there are lights seen around there at night. I saw it myself one night.
- There is a well over at the foot of Knocknagurneen called "Tubberdonne." There is a cure there for Warts. People pin in the water or visit the well that you'd be done with it. There was a stump of a tree and it was covered with pins. An odd one goes to it still.
- A man named Pat Boyle from Balgill worked at the making of the Railway from Dublin to Navan at Kilmessan at 4d. a day after first travelling 6 miles and he had to be at 6 in the morning to start work.
- Referred to Clady Caves and a sum of gold reputed to be hidden in Churchtown which would cause death to the finder or someone of his family; and a Legend of a Priest who rode a white horse at midnight in the Clady River. (James McCormack heard of this story but could not remember it sufficiently well to recite it for me).
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