School: Ballyhack Convent
- Location:
- Ballyhack, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: An tSr Treasa
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- (continued from previous page)ancient rath in the centre of the townland might be the actual site of this battle. The old people held this rath in a kind of superstitious awe. The old people were greatly impressed with the idea that some supernatural agency governed those raths.The one in question in local tradition is supposed to belong to the Danes and two demons or evil spirits in the shape of huge black hounds keep guard there. The same species of evil spirits are supposed to guard the hidden or enchanted treasures that too are supposed to belong to the Danes.People long ago were so greatly impressed with the idea of these enchanted treasures that they would presume to discover them in their dreams. One of the theories that I have(continues on next page)
