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School: Killoughternane, Borris

Location:
Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 120

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    Night. The cripple said if he could walk he would go to the graveyard and sit on a tomb alone till morning. One of the boys said "If you like I'll carry you to the graveyard and leave you on the tomb alone and go and bring you back home in the morning" All right said the cripple.
    They rolled him in a white sheet and went to the graveyard. At this time there was a certain class of people who used to live by stealing sheep. One of them was in the graveyard waiting for his son to return with a sheep. When he saw the boy coming with the cripple rolled in the white sweet, he thought it was his son with the sheep. Is she fat said he. The boy got such a fright that he flung him the cripple saying Fat or lame here he's for you.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corries or Corrymore, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Richard Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corries or Corrymore, Co. Carlow