School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)
- Location:
- Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Caitlín Knott
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- One night a boy was passing a grave-yard where two men were dividing fish. He ran to a priests house which was near the place and said that he had heard God and the devil dividing the souls in the grave-yard. The priest did not believe him, so he went with the boy to see if it was true. When they came to the place the men were As soon as the priest heard them he said "It is best for us to be going or we may be taken into the count"I got this information from my father.
- Collector
- Olive Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killaneen, Co. Leitrim
