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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 103

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    your hands. "They go and when they come near him he follows them. They go back again to their mother and tell her. Then she goes down to the well with them. She says to the ghost, "What do you want there?", "Picking sticks to light my fire", "What do you want to light your fire for?". "To boil my eggs", "What do you want eggs for?". "To make myself strong". "What do you want to make yourself strong for?". "To sharpen my knife". "What do you want to sharpen your knife for?". "To kill you all", and the ones he catches he brings them in and puts them into a pot and boils them down. He shakes pepper on them
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Tydings
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Hayes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick