School: Ardvarney (roll number 15116)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   heard the angels singing. She stopped her song to listen to the angels, and ever since there has been a note of joy in the song of the lark that no other bird has been able to catch. This is a story of a robin There is a mountain near our school which is called Bembo mountain. Some place on this mountain there is a hidden treasure which is taken care of by a robin. Some people say this robin has a lighter coloured red breast than any other because when turning the gold so often the colour of gold remained on her breast. I have never heard of any people who went to look for that gold.

   

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2. The Banshee

   

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   There was a woman and her son going home from visiting a neighbour's house. As they were walking along the road the cry arose in the drain. There was a house near by. The woman and her son went into the house and asked the man of the house to leave

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. banshees (~369)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Mc Kenna

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drummury, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Michael Carroll

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Corcusconny, Co. Leitrim