School: Gortloney (roll number 11978)
- Location:
- Gortloney, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Eoghan de Buitléir
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- (continued from previous page)beside him. It is said about a month ago, a Geanncanach appeared to t man while he was working at the workhouse at Oldcastle. The man fainted and had to be carried off.
It is said that some man cut down a "lone bush", and it was from there, the Leipreacháin came.
The people round this district say that if you cut down a "lone bush" some evil will befall you. It is also said that if you break a looking-glass, you will have seven years' bad luck. - 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.
- Collector
- Lillie Guirke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Droim Eamhna, Co. na Mí