School: Muclach
- Location:
- Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 031
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- (continued from previous page)use to trap the thrushes in the Winter.
- One time there was a man. When returned from work he lifted the child out of the cradle and walked around the floor with him. The beesum commenced to follow him around the house. The man and his wife got frightened.
They thought the place was haunted. They got the holywater and sprinkled it around the house. So finally they discovered the child had a ball of wool in his hand. The end of the wool got caught in the beesum so everywhere the child went the beesum followed him.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Grogan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Clonagh East, Co. Offaly
