School: Coill na Leac
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: P. Mac Geibheannaigh
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- St Bridgets cross is made on the last day of January and on the first of February, it is put up over a picture. That night when St Briget's day is past the cross is taken down. They were made long ago and an odd person makes them yet. A woman who makes them is Mrs Reilly Ennisbeg Cloverhill, Co Cavan. They are made from rushes. I do not know how they are made.
- Collector
- Mary Masterson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Inishbeg, Co. an Chabháin
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“There are two rocks in our land.”
There are two rocks in our land. They are about twenty yards from Annagh Lake. One of the rocks is a round shape and the other one is long in shape. Strange tales are told about them. It is said they were thrown there by a Giant from an Island in Annagh Lake. There are some curious carving on the rocks. People say that the time of the penal laws priests said mass there.
