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School: Scoil Mhuire, Béal Átha hAmhnais (roll number 11438)

Location:
Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
S.T. Ó Maolagáin
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  1. Local Ghost Stories (continued)

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    There were people going to a fair in Ballinlough with cattle and they met a funeral at Culnafarna, and it kept on one side of the road, and they kept on the other.
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    3 One night a man in my village was coming home from town. His name was Michael Jordan. As he was coming near a house in Mr. James Waldron's field which is now demolished he saw a light coming out of the house and coming towards him. He stood up in the road and when the light was about ten yards from him it turned into a Mr. Boyle's field and when it was about in the middle of the field it went down through
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joseph Cruise
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Jordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Mayo