School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 252
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“There was once an old woman living in Rossnacreena. ...”
(continued from previous page)dressed in white and she thought it was her own daughter who had come to frighten her. She asked the woman why she was there but she only stripped her teeth at her. The woman then went home and when she went into the kitchen she got weak.
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“Once there was a man and he was going to the fair...”
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- Maisie
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- Michael Delaney
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- Address
- Marymount, Co. Laois
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“On the car road going into Ballinrally...”
On the car road going into Ballinrally there lived an old woman who was called Granny of the quarry. She was old. One evening she was got dead in a stuping position. When some got to wake her. When laying her out they found they could not straighten her. They had to tie her to the bottom of the bed(continues on next page)