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School: Headfort

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Virginia, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 068

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    came down again but when they came down again there were no horses and the oats were not eaten nor trampled.
    The people at Virginia used to believe in water horses.
    Every Christmas eve a dead coach comes up out of the lake and goes round the pump and back down to the lake.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Louis Mc Quade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan