School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
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- One night a man was out late in a corpse house. He did not see his comrades going out of the house. A short time after he left the house he was passing a very lonely spot and he saw three men carrying a coffin. They told him to help them to carry the coffin. He did as he was told and they carried the coffin till daylight then the coffin and the men disappeared.
- A long time ago there were three boys digging a sandpit. One of them went to post a letter. When one of them came up he saw that the sandpit had fallen and the two boys were killed. A black dog is seen there during(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lackaun, Co. Mayo