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School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

Location:
Dursey Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 068

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  2. The Dead Man Carrying Seine Sunday Evening

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    There was an old man from Baile'n Chalaidh going east to Lic one Sunday evening after dinner. As he was going east the road above Gort na Mainistreach he took off his hat praying for the dead in the grave-yard below him. Whatever look he gave down he saw the crew of a seine coming out of the abbey and they carrying the seine on their shoulders like they always used. They went west below the abbey, and they threw it down on a heap of stones that were there. The Islanders used put the seine down on them in order to keep it dry. There was a black sheep and a white sheep a little up from them but they took no notice of the men carrying the seine. When he was putting on his hat
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Dhuinneacha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmichael, Co. Cork