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School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)

Location:
Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 070

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    could lay eyes or hands upon it; after long searching they forsook the task and continued their homeward journey. Next day the driver went to the place where they searched for the whip and there he found it without difficulty. He firmly believes that the "Good People" wanted it and when they had finished using it they left it back in field again and that he would never have found it if he had had remained searching that first day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Robert John Crawford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim