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School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Coluin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0434, Page 004

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    and when they saw anybody coming they jumped on the pillar of the gate, and began to screech so that they could be heard in the town
    Another old story about the graveyard is that a woman with a white shawl used to be seen at the gate every night and when she saw people coming, she pulled them inside the gate, and robbed and killed them.
    People pay rounds to the graveyard. Everyone who does so is supposed to leave something after him such as an old piece of cloth, or an old photo, or anything else that would be a remembrance of the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Áine Ní Chlubháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farrantoreen, Co. Kerry