School: Empor (roll number 941)

Location:
Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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    be like a banshee.
    The garden is now called the black garden.
    One night two men were coming down the river in a boat.
    One of the men saw the dog under the bush and he said to the other man what is that.
    The dog jumped into the river after them his eyes were like balls of fire.
    He followed them the whole way through the river.
    When the men got out of the boat, the went home, that night the heard him crying.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Matthew Nugent
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath