School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)
- Location:
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 043
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- There is a fort about three miles from Newmarket about which a strange story is told.
A schoolgirl by the name of Toomey when passing the fort one day was called in by a woman and asked to mind a baby. She was kept until school time was over. The following morning the same thing happened, and on several mornings afterwards while the mother thought the child was attending school. The teacher sent a messenger to inquire the cause of the childs absence from school. The mother much surprised questioned the girl as to where she had spent her time and the girl told the whole story.
The mother as one would expect did not scold the child, but bade her ask the woman in the fort when she was leaving it the following evening for a cure for a sick cow. The girl did as requested and the woman of the fort gave her a box of ointment to rub to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire T. Ní Dalaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Miss K. J. Murphy
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
