School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 250
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“Once upon a time there lived an Austrian soldier who left his job and went out as a tramp.”
(continued from previous page)longer and it was harder. The ghost was getting the better of O'Byrne but in the end he got a big sharp knife and cut the three heads off him. The ghost fell and did not appear again.
O'Byrne was very tired that night and was just going up the door to bed when a beautiful man appeared before him. The man said -
"I am the man you cut the three heads off." "Every man that came here before were cowards," and "now I see that you are not a coward." "I will give a magic bag and anyone you like to put into it you can."
So the stranger disappeared and never(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora O Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quignalegan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Quignalegan, Co. Mayo