School: Finternagh
- Location:
- Finternagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 307
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- About two hundred years ago there was a man and a woman living together in Cloughbally near Mullagh. At that time the people used to make colcannon for Hollow-Eve's night.
This night the woman was mixing the colcannon at the door. She was pulled across the half door and was taken away.
In a year after the man dreamt that he would hear rattles at the door and if he got up and opened the door she would come in.
The next night was Hollow-Eve's night and the knock came to the door and he did not like to get up to open door(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lenanavragh, Co. Cavan
