School: Templeudigan
- Location:
- Templeludigan, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Mhic Ghearailt
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- (continued from previous page)come forth, one by one, at the call of their Captain to repeat a verse or more in praise of a hero, such as Sarsfield, Tone, Emmett or earlier still, Arthur Mac Murrough, Brian Boro, etc. The youth who repeats the verses represents his hero.
- There is no doubt as to the existence of the Banshee.
Not alone has she been heard but seen, according to stories told.
She "follows" certain families, and is supposed to "cry".
(Note "the Banshee's lonely Croon" in the Song. Rising of the Moon.)
at the time of their death.__________The Poll Light, also connected with death, is supposed to be a light which travels from the house to the graveyard on three nights preceeding the death of the person.___________There is also a belief in the Sidhe Gaoithe or Fairy Wind.
