School: Shannow
- Location:
- Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: B. Ó Ciaráin
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- (continued from previous page)and died. Then all knew that this was the spirit that had been scalded by the woman, and they carried the dead lamb out reverently, and buried it deep in the earth. Every night at the same hour it walked again into the house, and lay down, moaned, and died, and after this had happened many times, the priest was sent for . By the strength of his exorcism,the spirit of the dead was laid to rest; the black lamb appeared no more. Neither was the body of the dead lamb found in the grave when they searched for it, though it had been laid by their own hands deep in the earth and covered with clay.
- Collector
- Molly Rennick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickmore, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Tom Rennick
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Carrickmore, Co. Cavan
