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School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)

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Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
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Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 18

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    One night a man in Carrowkelly was hunting for rabbits around Rosser Abbey, he went into the Abbey after a rabbit, there he saw two naked weman with knives and they skinning a corpse. The man ran home trembling and he never got over the fright. It preyed on him, and in a few months he died.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Moyne Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Robert Fair
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Gardiner
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Ballysakeery, Co. Mayo