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School: St Eunan's

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    best thing. So he went into a wood to cut a bush but as he was cutting it a voice close by told him not to cut it, but he he said he was only imagining things, so he went on cutting, and he cleaned the chimney. When he had it finished and was gone to bed, and about two o clock in the morning he heard a terrible noise and he heard the slates toumbling off the roof, and the bricks fell down the chimney. The reason this happened was that the man cleaned the chimney with the gentle-bush.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Carron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Whyte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Letterkenny, Co. Donegal