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School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

Location:
Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 238

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  1. A Fairy Story

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    One evening a man named Patrick Walsh was coming home from the bog.
    When he came down the road he saw two little girls playing around a Skeig bush.
    He knew one of the little girls. She was the name of Maggie Steward, but he never had seen her companion before.
    When he came to the next house about one mile further down the road, he heard that Maggie Stewart was dead.
    Patrick Walsh got a great fright.
    The dead girl was waked and the story got around.
    The day of the funeral came and the corpse was put into the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Cadden
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Drummenny Middle, Co. Donegal