School: Caisleán na Leacht, Droichead Banndan (roll number 8972)
- Location:
- Caisleán na Leacht, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0315, Page 131
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- 1. "The White Lady" is supposed to haunt the black quarry in Kilpatrick. She is supposed to be seen crossing the road on a moon light night. The tradition is that a horse bolted on the Macroom road, and that the girl driving it was killed at the Black Quarry.
2. Sally Liston or Glliston was said to appear between Croisín na Gadair and The Cross in Gurteen. She was seen there in the evening combing her long black hair. She was said to be a witch.
3. There is a big boghole in Curtin's bogs at KIlmore. It is called "Coilleach an Adhscar". It is said that a burning cock once fell out of the Sky and went down through the ground here. It is said that there is no bottom to the bog hole.
4. A ghost was supposed to haunt the Kilmore road below Murphys. There is a story told that a certain man went every evening to Ballinacurra drinking. One evening the men of the place decided that one of them would dress up as the ghost to give him a fright. The man dressed up and waited at the haunted ground. As the night passed the man who had been drinking returned but said that he saw nothing strange on the road.(continues on next page)
