School: Alt an Chuilinn
- Location:
- Altachullion, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Brigid Martin
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- (continued from previous page)and sold her. For several evenings afterwards he heard voices like children crying and saying "The cow is gone, the cow is sold"
The man regretted what he had done and returned the money and brought back the cow and left her at the fort until she died.In Joe McBrien's Sralahan the servant boy John Fee, Tullydermot found two cows tied at the same stake in the byre. When he told this Joe said it was a sign of a change in the house.
Soon after Joe's wife became very ill and Joe went to Enniskillen for the Doctor. It was about midnight when he returned and the horse was very hot after the long journey. He told the boy to walk the horse for a time until he cooled a bit.
As John walked up and down the lane he met several people going(continues on next page)
