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School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 128

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    Next day there was no trace of fire. But the men insisted that the tree and every-thing were ablaze. People thought that the men were exaggerating for a time, but when a silver charm was found in the wood people knew the men had realy being in the wood, for the men had one of them with them, and in their flight, one of them had lost it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Baoighealláin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Ballinrink, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bernard Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Roebuck, Co. Cavan