School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lúghortán, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 430
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Before this school was built there was a school in Rathoora and there was a little girl from Lowertown who used to go to school every day. On her way she had to pass the Fort and every morning an old woman came out of the Fort and carried her in. She kept her all day rocking a cradle and when it was time to be going home from school she left her home. After a long time her parents found it out and they asked the advice of an old woman of the neighbourhood. She told them to wash the child with the water of many different kinds of herbs. They did and the child never met the old woman after.
