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Rh enclosure, erecting a hut within it, and lighting a fire, all in a single night, the land enclosed became his property. Men used to collect in bands with a barrel of beer for the party and run up an enclosure and a hut in order to secure this right. The Lord of the Manor, if he heard of this, or his agent, would come and prevent the enclosure. 9 King Edward's Street, Swansea.

The following notes are collected from recollections of my boyhood in Tipperary.

The belief in the power of the Evil Eye is common. In order to protect other animals a goat is often driven with the herd. The cat is a demoniac creature; on entering a house it is usual to say, "God save all, barring the cat!"

Children are supposed often to be carried off by the Fairies and replaced by a changeling. One test is to lay the suspected changeling on a hot shovel. I never heard of this being actually done to a child, but a case of this kind in which a sick woman was tortured in this manner occurred in a mountainous district between Clonmel and Slieve Naman in my own memory. The man concerned was brought to trial, and he had a narrow escape from being severely handled for bringing a bad name on his locality by his behaviour.

An apparition, known as the Headless Coach, with headless horses and a headless driver, is said to have been often seen. It appears in the case of dying people, and is an omen of death.