School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 011
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- (continued from previous page)down and there was a red spot here and there in them. The people said that it was the blood of the men that were hanged there long ago.
There are old ruined houses in Springville. There is a big wall covered all over with ivy. There are marks of a door and windows in it. There are rivers in Springville also but they seem to have no names.
There was a great number of people in Springville long ago but they were put out of their houses by Mr. Nicholson and their houses knocked. Some of them went to England and others to America.
- Up to the present day there is a graveyard in Teltown, and it is said by the old folk that there was once a woman making butter on a Sunday and the butter she had made was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cecilia Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
