School: Shannow
- Location:
- Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 187
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- It is a custom among the people, when throwing away water at night, to cry out in a loud cry "Take care of the water," of literally from the Irish, "Away with yourself from the water" - For they say that the spirits of the dead last buried are then wandering about and it would be dangerous if it fell on them.
One night a woman suddenly threw out a pail of boiling water without thinking go the warning words. Instantly a cry was heard as if a person in pain, but no one was seen. Between the next night a black lamb entered the house having its back all scalded and it lay down moaning by the hearth(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Molly Rennick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickmore, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Tom Rennick
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Carrickmore, Co. Cavan
