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School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 082

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 082

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  1. Another Story of the Stray Sod (continued)

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    James McDonnell went astray. He suddenly got confused and did not know where he was.
    He kept rambling around the field for half an hour. He suddenly saw the gate and went out on it, and so got home safely.
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  2. Story about a Banshee

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    The banshee is supposed to follow certain families and to cry when any one of the family is about to die. A nun in this locality told Mrs O Farrell that the night her father died she heard a banshee crying up and down the covent corridor outside the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. banshees (~369)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs O Farrell
    Gender
    Female