School: Roxboro
- Location:
- Roxborough, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Ruairc
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- (continued from previous page)up and let him pass, which she did. He got home all right that night.
Some few nights after, he was going on the same journey. When he got a few yards into this same field something tripped him. He got up and looked around but could see nothing. Then he started off again. He went a few steps more and was tripped again and this continued until he left the field.
He arrived home in an exhausted condition. The other members of the family were very much surprised when he told them the story. His brother rushed out and seized a scythe and said that he was going to cut the legs of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie M. Kilcommons
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Kilcommons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrane, Co. Roscommon
