School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 078
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- (continued from previous page)Noise of the fairies around the yard that night.
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In lisanode a ghost was seen in the form of a bear and the bear walked with a man from lisanode stream to the gate. There was fire coming out of his eyes and he disappeared. Then man was terribly frightened and he had sleep with his neighbour that night.
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In lisanode a dog was seen with eight legs and two heads
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One night a man was going through lisanode and a rabbit travelled with a man from the stream to the gate.
When the man would go easy the rabbit would go easy and when the man would go quickly the rabbit would go quickly.
The man said it was the smallest rabbit ever he saw in his life(continues on next page)
