School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)

Location:
Mullennakill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 046

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  1. There was a man going home from work one time. His name is Bill Treacy. He was working at Jim St. Leger's. This night when he was going home he saw a man standing at a lane and he got down from his bicycle and said to him, "What are you doing there?" He got no answer/ Then he got nervous. He got up on his bicycle again and rode along till he went down a bit the road. He got off the bicycle and went into the ditch. He was not able to stay on it any longer because he got weak. The sweat on his forehead was as thick as suds.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Lawless
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballykenna, Co. Kilkenny
  2. One night a man named John Woods was coming home from rambling from a house named Kennedy's in Glenpipe. From once he left Glenpipe until he came to
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