School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Tearmann Feichín, Co. Lú
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 234
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- (continued from previous page)hot day and Saint Patrick and the cow felt very dry. There was no well in the field with which to quench their thirst. The walked until they came to the corner of the field. Then the cow made a little hole with her foot. When suddenly a well burst forth. This well is called the "Cowen Well" and the field is called "The Cowen Well Field."
There is another field called "The Bog ". This field was never ploughed. Therefore people say it must be a turf bog.
Long ago when a man was trying to plough the field now called "Glas Clocha" the plough got down too deep into the land and dust flew and nearly blinded the man. He also ploughed skulls up. This field is said to be an ancient graveyard of warriors and the stones mark the burial place of two great chieftains.
There is a well in Baltray called the Hill Well. This well is on top of a hill. Therefore it is called the hill well. On the road to Baltray from Termonfeckin there are six very large trees. These trees are called The Thunder Trees. It is said that a man was killed under these trees one bad day during a thunder storm.
- Collector
- Mary Sheridan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Trá, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Mr Peter Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Trá, Co. Lú
