School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)

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1. Seven Little Men (continued)

   

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   Winter's Night. When he came home from work his wife told him there was no bread in the house and that he would have to go to the shop. As he was going to the shop and just as he went in Lismullen Gate, he saw a small bird like a "turkey-cock) on the wheel-track beside him. As he went on up the lane, the bird was getting bigger and bigger. Before he reached the end of the lane, the bird was as big as a horse. He was that much frightened that he was brought into the house and he was unconscious for three days.

   (1 March 1938)

   Written by
   Alacoque Collins
   Follistown,
   Brownstown,
   Navan

   Given by
   Mr Richard Collins
   (road-worker)
   Same address

   

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2. A Funeral

   

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   A Funeral Once upon a time there was a funeral going to Mountown Graveyard (Walterstown) late in the evening. As soon as the people entered the graveyard, they saw two men who were dead a long time before that, sitting on a tomb-stone counting all the people who were at the funeral. According as the funeral drew near them, they got smaller and smaller till at last they disappeared altogether. 7 March 1938 Written by Alacoque Collins, Follistown, Brownstown Navan Given by Mr R Collins, (road-worker) Same address

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Alacoque Collins

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Follistown, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Mr R. Collins

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Road worker

   Address

   Follistown, Co. Meath

3. Seven Little Men

   

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   Seven Little Men

   One night there were two men coming home from the shop on the Glen Road. They were talking about card-playing. As they were chatting

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