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School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)

Location:
Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Tuairisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 191

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  1. An Old Bush

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    There is an old fairy bush near my house. It is a lone bush. We never cut the bush because the old people say it is haunted.
    One night a man was passing by near the bush and he heard terrible crying. People say that it is not right to cut a lone bush and if you cut it you would get a short life.
    Sometime light is seen near the bush and its branches are heard shaking. Birds are seldom seen on its branches. After twelve o'clock people are afraid to pass by it.
    It is also said that a man fell from a horse as he was passing this bush one night and that his
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Conroy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilvindoney, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Colleran
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilvindoney, Co. Mayo