School: Coole (roll number 3936)
- Location:
- Coole, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mac Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 411
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are a lot of place names connected with (with) my district nammely 'Rathfuca', 'Maggies well', 'the mill stream', 'Crucan', 'Thomsons brick pool' or 'brick quarry' and 'the black bridge'.
There is a townsland bordering on the townsland of Carne called 'Rathfuca' which means a fairy forth. There is a fairy forth beside Rathfuca road and it is said that a great light is seen there every night at twelve o'clock. In old times it is said that if anyone passed by where the forth is it is said that they would be changed into a very strange and ugly large animal. This animal would eat all other small animals such as rabbits and hare, and would be changed(continues on next page)
