School: Pádraig Naofa, Droichead Banndan

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1. A Haunted House (continued)

   

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   away from you. You do as you ^ bid but immediately on unnatural shriek rens the air and your cap or coat is blown back to you. You look awe-struck at your guide and he beckons you to follow him on your outward journey.

   

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2. Faction Fights

   

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   In olden times faction fights were a common sight. At Coachford some seventy years ago faction fights between the rival families of the Healys and the Murphys were frequent. Usually these fights took place on Sunday immediately after 12 oclock Mass. Friends as well as relatives of these two families participated in the fight. The only weapons used were bottles and ash plants. One of these fights was in progress on a particular occasion when a well-known gentleman resident of the district who was watching it from a safe distance decided to stop it. Mr Hayes, the gentleman, mounted a big black horse and with a tarred cabbage stump in his hand rode through the ranks of both duellists pointing the

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people
         1. factions (~230)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jeremiah Reardon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   16

   Address

   Bandon, Co. Cork