School: Balrothery (roll number 8578)
- Location:
- Baile an Ridire, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Teacher: S. Mag Fhionnbhairr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 79
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- The following legends were told to us by Mr. Christy Divine.
Scabbard Hill.
The lane leading from the main road is called Landy's lane but in olden days it was called Scabbard hill because one of Cromwell's soldiers slew a woman on this hill.
- It appears that long ago there was a holy well in the Chapel Lane close to the school and a woman named Biddy Boughy who lived in the lane washed clothes in it one day. This polluted the well and it dried up immediately. The old people say that it sprang up it another places in the village down a little lane close to Mary Mc Gann's house, and it is still called Biddy Boughy's well.
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- Collector
- S. Mag Fhionnbhairr
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
