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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 130

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    “In the townland of Lanour there grows on a barren stretch of road one large tree known locally as the Spy Tree.”

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  2. A Family Ghost

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    In ancient house throughout the country the seeker after ghost stories often hears of a family ghost.
    In a house not far from the little village of Leitrim is a room that is never opened.
    Here in this room night after night goes through some weird antics.
    Long ago this house was tenanted by a military Captain who commited suicide
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