School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

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1. The White Rabbit

   

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   The white rabbit was supposed to be seen for 80 years in the Protestant Church. It could be seen at 11 o'clock at night. It would come down the hill and go to James Keegan's yard where there was an old table standing at the door. It would sit on the table for a while and then go up Water Lane. Then he would go round the backs of the garden and round the school. It is about 30 years since he was last seen.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Finnegan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ferskill, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Pat Mulligan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

   Address

   Granard, Co. Longford

2. Poem - Captain Bland

   

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   The barrack gates still open wide
   The steeds prance in once more
   The gates are shut and all is still
   The midnight ride is o'er,
   But old men say that trouble great.
   Comes swiftly on our lands.
   Whenever the headless horseman drives
   The coach of Captain Bland.

   

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