What is recorded here
Marianne, a girl of twelve years, heard the tradition of a graveyard hidden inside broc-a-villa, yet no adult would point to the place. She walked the familiar fields alone at dusk, listening for a sound that would tell her where the dead were kept. The story never says whether she found it, but that absence is the sharp edge: some places reveal themselves only to a child going without permission.
Tradition of graveyard in 'broc-a-villa'. (Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts 668, 221-2).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 April 2012
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