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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 306

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    which he will try to cross.
    If the people are able to stop him he will disappear this side of it and appear going into the ocean again.
    Then a terrible change for the better will come in Ireland but the sort of the change never was mentioned yet.
    If he is able to cross it a terrible change for the worse will come in Ireland
    When he has travelled through every country in the world it will be counted up how many bridge he crossed and how many he failed to cross. If he crossed more than he did not cross the end of the world will come immediately afterwards. If he failed to cross the majority of them we will not have the end of the world for years afterwards.
    He travelled through Ireland
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. black pig (~84)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Cosgrove
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Cosgrove
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Corlismore, Co. Cavan