School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 245
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“Darby's of the Leap Castle. ...”
(continued from previous page)last came on the place, and when they opened it they found hundreds of human skeletons hanging from the spikes. The Darby family on seeing this the Castle and went home to England. In a wood near this Castle there is a tree with the image of a man's face on it. Long ago Darby hung an innocent Catholic boy, from this tree. The image of his face grew on the tree and is there still.
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“One night a couple of men went to steal apples. ...”
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- Teresa Dooley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
- Informant
- William Steele
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Glebe, Co. Laois
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“One morning a man was going to a fair. ...”
One morning a man was going to a fair. He saw a white woman in the field where he had his cows. The little woman was(continues on next page)