School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 262
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“One night a man was coming home from...”
(continued from previous page)rambling. When he came to the field where his cows were, he saw a little woman with the cows. The next morning he could not get any milk from them. He said the little woman took the milk from the cows.
- At about eleven o' clock at night there is a white man and a horse riding half- way up from the cross. It is called a ghost.
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- Joseph Sydes
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- 14
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- John Deegan
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- Age
- 75
- Address
- Mount Salem, Co. Laois
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“Long ago there lived a man in this parish and...”
Long ago there lived a man in this parish and he used to keep cows. The cows were milked every night but no milk could be got from them in the morning. One night he said he would watch and see who was milked the cows. While he was watching a hare came and began to suck(continues on next page)