School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)

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1. A Ghost Story (continued)

   

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   black dog came out before them and the eldest of
   them took up stones and started pegging him
   The dog jumped accross the ditch and a ball of
   fire came out on his mouth. The brother kept
   pegging him till he came to Tivanagh and he
   got weak there and could not peg him any-
   more and the other brother had to carry him
   home. the dog followed them to a stream that was running accross the road and he diss-
   appeared there.

   

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2. A Story of an Old Hag

   

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   In olden times there lived a man in Coolavin who owned a large herd of cows. The noticed that some of the cows gave him no milk and becoming suspicious he determined to watch what was the cause. He set out one night with a hound and watched. After a while he saw a hare drawing the milk from one of the cows. he set the hound after the hare and he followed her to and old hut at the end of the field. There she went into the hut and the hound got a bite of her as she was going in on the window and brought the blood. The man followed in the tracks of the hare till he came to the hut. He went in and saw an old Hag spinning

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   1. gníomhairí (~1)
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