School: Derinturn, Carbury (roll number 2169)
- Location:
- Doire an tSoirn, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhistéil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0771, Page 080
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- Béal-oideas CairbreThere is a fairy and a man without a head seen at a place called Drummond.At the Piper's Bush on the bank of the Grand Canal a man is seen playing his pipes.A banshee was seen under the Shee Bridge sometimes called Skeough Bridge. The Banshee follows families of the name of Dunne (the men only)The mark of St. Bridgets foot is seen on a stone at Ticknevin (Tig Cnaomín) the house of bones where there was a Churchyard long ago. It is said that an ass on which St. Brigid was seated jumped from the Hill of Allen to Ticknevin and the mark of the asses hoof is seen on a rock, in the hollow of which water collects which can cure warts.
- James Lenihan aged 83 told the following stories to his grandchild Aileen Lenihan.The Jobbers Pole. There is an old holly bush on the Timahoe road where a cattle jobber(continues on next page)
