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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

Location:
Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 225

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  1. A Ghost Story

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    A Ghost Story.
    Many years ago there lived a wealthy gentleman around Adare. He was master of the fox hounds and he had a beautiful residence not far from this village. This man was a very strict master to his employees and he was also very unjust to all the poor farmers that lived in the neighbourhood.
    Once or twice each week he would call a meet of the hunt club and they would hunt the fox through hill and valley and every time they came to a field of wheat or oats or any crop that the poor people had to labour hard at, he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80