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  1. (gan teideal)

    “There is a fort in a field owned by Gibney Victualler, Ballinacargy and the fairies are supposed to be there every night.”

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    There is a fort in a field owned by Gibney Victualler, Ballinacargy and the fairies are supposed to be there every night. There is a path going through the field and in a certain unknown place in it there's a "stray" sod, and if you put your foot on it you'll be led astray. John Gaynor of Ballinacargy who was then 11 years old was coming home froma wake about three years ago and he walked on the "stray" sod and was brought back through Lakenstown. His father went to look for him and got him at a river called the Gurtheen 11/2 miles away from home. He was about to try to jump over it, (it is fairly wide and deep) and when his father spoke to him he said he didn't know where he was.

  2. The Stray Sod

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    There is a stray sod in the field up beside the Ruckalone Gate.
    One day, an "ould" woman was crossing this field an' she stepped on the stray sod an' the poor "oul" woman couldn't get out o' the field till mornin'.

  3. (gan teideal)

    “A man was coming home one night from playing cards. When he was crossing a field he walked on a stray sod and he couldn't get out of the field...”

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    A man was coming home one night from playing cards. When he was crossing a field he walked on a stray sod and

  4. A Stray Sod

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    4. There are two kinds of stray sods. There is a hungry sod also. There is a hungry sod up near Drogheda. My Uncle and James Mc Geough was coming home from one night all of a sudden they got really hungry. They went back to Drogheda to get something to eat.

  5. The Stray Sod of Bellewstown

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    There is a stray sod on Bellewstown Hill Many people have been rambling all night over this sod Old people say that to say the rosary is the only remedy to get off it. It is said that an un Baptised child or person was buiried there.

  6. My Home District

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    There is a stray-sod in Peter Gaynors field and it is not far from Bunbrusna. It is the same shape as a sod of turf.

  7. (gan teideal)

    “About two miles from Ballyshannon there is a big stone called "the two mile stone". It is said that Finn Mc Cumhall threw it from a mountain seven miles away...”

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    About two miles from Ballyshannon there is a big stone called "the two mile stone". It is said that Finn Mc Cumhall threw it from a mountain seven miles away. If you stand on one side of the stone you would not hear anybody calling on the other side. It is said to be a mysterious stone. Convenient to the two mile stone there is a “stray sod.” If you happen to walk on this sod at night you would not be able to find your way home.

  8. (gan teideal)

    “About one mile from Ballinamore there is a townland named Aghaleague.”

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    About one mile from Ballinamore there is a townland named Aghaleague. People named Armstrong had a farm of land in this townland. A certain field of this farm was supposed to contain a stray sod.
    One night a man named Mick McTernan was going to a neighbour's house, and he had to cross this field to go to it. As he was going to it he stepped on the stray sod. He lost the pass he was walking on, and he was wandering about the field till morning. Then he found the pass again.
    One night as a man named McCaffrey was crossing this field he saw a head-less coach. A few days after a rick of hay fell on him and he was killed.

  9. Beliefs

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    There are places around here where people meet the " FEAR GORTA ". The person who meets him becomes weak as if were from hunger even though he may have taken a meal a short time before. A drink or even a sweet will leave him alright again. One place frequented by the Fear Gorta is about three miles from Castlepollard on the road to Mullingar - just in the shadow of Knock Eyon. Another place is Putgarra in Toneyowen.

    A STRAY SOD
    In the district there are certain fields in which there are stray sods. One of those fields belongs to James Sweeney, Ballycomoyle and another to McCormicks in Corbally. If a person walks on this sod especially at night.

  10. Fear Gorta

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    It is said that if anyone steps on a féar gorta he will fall down and if he does not get food he will die.
    A féar gorta is caused by people eating bread without dropping a crumb and this is said to anger the good people.
    There is a stray sod where an unbaptized child is buried and often people going home at night step on a stray sod and go astray. When a person goes astray he usually takes off his coat and puts it on inside out. This is said to enable him to find his way home.

  11. A Stray Sod

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    A stray sod.
    There is said to be a stray sod in Tom Lee's hill in Derreen. Several people went astray on it.
    One night Mick Winters was coming home late and he went astray on it. After he had walked for hours he said to himself he would sit down.. And when he did so a crowd of little red men came and got him to play cards. At the dawn of day they all disappeared and he got home alright. He said he must have walked on a fairies pass.

  12. Stray Sod

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    "Stray Sod"
    In every district in Ireland, there is a particular spot, at which people are supposed to go astray, this is called a "stray sod".
    It is supposed that an unbaptized child is buried there, and that is the reason people go astray. When this happens a person, he should take off his coat, turn it inside out and tie down. This is a story told about a man, that went astray.
    One night there was a man named Quinn passing through a certain field in the townland of Ballagh, and he was suddenly surrounded by a big wood. This poor man was trying to make his way to a dance, which was in the neighbouorhood. Quinn kept walking on, but the wood was still in front of him. This time he sighted the dance house, but he was aroused by music and laughing that was behind him. Then he thought he

  13. Stray Sod

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    Stray Sod
    There are many places throughout Ireland noted for stray sods. It is said that under this sod there is an unbaptised child buried.
    There is a field a quarter of a mile from my house in which people go astray at night.
    A man lived in my district long ago. He had to pass through this field one night. He went astray. He did not know what to do. He saw bushes and lakes and woods every side of him. When he travelled for a while he sat down and took off his coat.

  14. The Stray Sod

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    a woman was going to a shop. She stood on the stray sod and she was going around the field and she could not get out. The postman was going down the road and he had a light on his bicycle and she followed the light and she got out of the field. If she had not seen the postman's light she would not get ouf of the field until the next morning.

  15. A Stray Sod

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    After the Battle of the Boyne the remains of some of the soldiers who were killed in the battle were brought to Donore and buried in a marshy piece of land in Mr. Berrills farm near the village of Donore. It is said that if you walk on the graves of the soldiers at night you will step on a "stray sod" and you will be walking round the field all night.

  16. Fairy Lore

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    Fairy Lore
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    The Lepreacan or geanncanach as he was called is very good to people who are good to him but he is also very spiteful to those who are not good to him. If anyone cut a "lone hawthorn bush" the fairies would revenge it on them by putting thorns in their bed or by bringing ill-luck on them.
    In one case a local farmer cut a "lone hawthorn bush" on his land, he borught a cart to take it home but when he put it on the cart it fell off, having done this many times and having seen that he could not load it, he had to leave it where it was.
    "A stray sod" In certain fields there is a "stray sod" and if a person happens to put their foot on it they cannot get out until they "turn their coat."

  17. Local Place Names

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    it is believed their is a stray sod. The Village of Moynalty is said to have been built on the land that runs down to Mr Carroll's house and on down to river. Part of the old road on which mail coach ran may still be seen. It comes out at through Donore at Baltrasna gate.

  18. Superstition

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    meet the "Féar Gorta". The latter was grass and when any person would pass it they would become dead hungry. The cure for it was to eat something.
    In some fields there is a "stray sod". A certain man named John Donegan of Mullinavalley was looking for sheep at night. He walked on this "stray sod" and he went to the gap. To his horror and surprise there was none there. He began going round the field but still could find no gap. He saw a light. Going up to it he found it was a man looking for him at the gap. The cure for it was to turn your coat inside out. Then say an Our Father and three Hail Marys and the "charm" was gone.
    On a Hallow eve night the people would sweep the hearthstone very clean. They then would go to bed. In the morning they would look for a footstep on the hearthstone. If the step went towards the door it was the trace of a coffin. If it did not it was all right. When two persons would wash their hands in a basin, the second person would spit in the basin before he washed because if he did not do so

  19. Stray Sods

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    As Mrs. Madden was coming from Heronstown to her home she carried a hatch of eggs. Twilight fell as she went into the fields. She stepped on a stray sod and went round and round the field. She thought the ditches were mountains and that she had not left the field, but she found herself about four miles from home at Joe Halton's of Newtown.

  20. Stray Sod

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    One night as James Russell was going to look at cattle, and as he was coming through Carney's field, he stepped on a stray sod, and as he couldn't get the gap to get out in another field. He went round and round the field and still couldn't get the gap. At last he thought he felt the gap, but still he went on. At last he felt the iron bars of the gap and he got out in the other field. He was out from half-past nine till five past-three.