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School: Ballycallan (roll number 7050)

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Ballycallan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. J. O'Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0867, Page 018

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    house and kill him. The next day the man went to the Priest and told him his story. They Priest blessed him and gave him holy water and told him to bring a black handled knife and be there before the spirit and to put a ring of holy water around him on the ground. He told him to stick the knife in the spirit and not to draw it from him or he would get stronger and kill him. The man did what the priest told him. The spirit came for him like a roaring lion. The man stuck the knife in the spirit. The Spirit said draw and stick again. "No" said the man. The man went out the next day and he saw nothing but the knife stuck in a heap of froth.
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Riesk, Co. Kilkenny