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School: Killaraght (roll number 11755)

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Killaraght, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Annie Brennan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 094

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    “Every where the Irish folk are are known and remarked for their superstition and for giving credit to ghost and fairy tales.”

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    when they observed a woman dressed in, white in the distance. They came on until they passed her out, nervous no doubt. She started to run and they did like-wise, until they were coming to the crossroads. There she vanished. Several people have claimed to have seen that woman in or about the same place.
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    “The fairies or good people as they are generally called abound in every locality.”

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mary Goldrick
    Gender
    Female