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School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)

Location:
Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bean Mhic an Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 085

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  1. A Peculiar Kind of Woman (continued)

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    One upon a time about fifty years ago there were two men coming home from a pork market in Ballyconnel. About a mile from Newtowngore they came to a bridge where there was a small pipe running through and in this pipe those two men heard something moaning like a Christian. They went to look to see what it was and they saw the figure of a woman standing in the middle of the pipe. They called her to come and she neither came or spoke to them. Then the two men separated and one of them went to each end of the pipe so that she could not get away from them. They thought she was some poor woman in distress. They took her out and put her on a cart that they had with them and they brought her to the nearest neighbours house and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doochorran, Co. Leitrim