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School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

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Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776C, Page 09_013

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  1. The Banshee

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    My Grandfather told me when he was a little boy he had to go to Athgarvan with a can of milk and he had to cross the fields in his bare feet, this evening he was coming home across the fields and in the ditch he saw a little women with real long hair. She was combing her hair and crying. My Grandfather left down the can and went to catch her but she jumped out of where she was standing and ran off. My Grandfather followed her but she was running too fast for him to catch her,
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. banshees (~369)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greenhills, Co. Kildare