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School: Leitir Bric (roll number 14924)

Location:
Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Grannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 549

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    hidden. Every evening from sunset until midnight he was seen by the people of the place on his horse galloping along that place. He was dressed as he was before he was killed and everybody knew him well. They were all afraid to go near that part of the road for fear they would meet the ghostly soldier
    An orphan boy lived with his aunt in a little house near the place. He was a great card-player and he was out every-night until midnight. His aunt often thought he would never come in alive and they were very poor. She often told him he would be buried without a coffin if he would be killed by the soldier. He made up his mind to meet the soldier.
    One night as he was coming home he met him and he spoke to him just as he did when he was alive. The
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    3. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnabinnia, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Daly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnabinnia, Co. Mayo