School: Taghmon (roll number 1762)
- Location:
- Taghmon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: John J. Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 229
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“Long ago there lived an old woman named Mary Harte in Taghmon in the county Wexford.”
Long ago there lived an old woman named Mary Harte in Taghmon in the county Wexford. This woman died and in the middle of the night a strange noise was heard. One man looked out through the window and saw the "Bow" combing her hair. He snatched the comb, and hurried in to tell what he had done. One man said to hand it out again but he was afraid. He then handed it out on a tongs and when he pulled the tongs in only half of it was there.
- Collector
- Jim Cullen
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Martin Walsh
- Gender
- Male