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School: Moyne (B.) (roll number 13989)

Location:
Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 334

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    to live under "lone bushes" and even to-day no one thinks it lucky to cut a lone bush.
    One time a man named Garret Murtha cut a branch off a "lone bush", a bramble of it went into his eye and he lost the eye - people say he had the fairies' curse.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Joe Maguire
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Longford