School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

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   three eels in under the clothes and went down to the house and the man began to shout saying there were serpents in the bed so he got up and the woman took out the clothes and the three eels fell out and the man did not go back to the bed anymore. He would get up early in the mornings and go out to work.
   My mother told me this story. She is years
   Brigid Monaghan, Ballamore, Granard,

   

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2. An Old Story

   

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   407 An Old Story During the rebellion of '98 there lived in Granard a girl named Molly McGuire. She met Hempenstall Dopin at the Peer hills and he had a man on the cart and he was bringing him to hang him on the Moat. She asked him what he was going to do with him and he told her that he was bringing him to the Moat to hang him. Let him go said Molly and let him get married and not be interfering with the king of England. I will let

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Harry Reynolds

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killeen, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs Fagan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   86

   Address

   Killeen, Co. Longford