Scoil: Banahoe
- Suíomh:
- Banagher, Co. Cavan
- Múinteoir: A. Mac an Bháird
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Bailiúchán na Scol, Imleabhar 0978, Leathanach 006
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- XML Scoil: Banahoe
- XML Leathanach 006
- XML “Drumavaddy Graveyard”
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- This graveyard, situated in the lower end of the Parish of Denn was closed in 1937 and a new one consecrated beside it. It must have been in use for centuries for all knowledge of the burial ground used before it’s time has been forgotten.
In it are some large stones which are well know locally as the “Flags of Denn.” In former years the strong men of the parish challenged each other after mass on Sundays and at funerals to lift these stones off the ground. About half a dozen men are known to have lifted them to their knees, the last man to do it being Larry Hyland of Banahoe. In my opinion the stones (two of them) weigh about five cwts.
There is a superstition connected with the flags to the effect that if, with the invocation of the devil they are turned over with the intention of doing a neighbour harm, some misfortune is sure to overtake that neighbour. Loss or injury of cattle is said to be the usual form of the misfortune. Many instances are given of such ill luck.
Note Compare our exactly similar superstitions practice in Tory Island off the coast of Donegal.
