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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

Location:
Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 240

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    other side. He was terribly frightened, and stayed in a friends house for that night.
    As the years passed on he thought less of this terrifying experience. He got married, and lived with his wife, about a mile from his father's home.
    Granny often went to visit him with her mother when she was a child, and she distinctly remembers the latter part of this story
    On night when he was about fifty years of age he was sitting at the kitchen fire reading
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sally Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathnarrow (O'Hara), Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs. P. Mullen
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female