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School: Monreagh (roll number 7143)

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Monreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. J. James
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 112

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    removed. Old residents warned him not to touch it but he only laughed at them.
    He employed two horses for the work and both died in a fortnight afterwards. His two children died at the same time being buried on the same day. This happened about 60 years ago.
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  2. Legend of Black Pig

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    On the road between Mr. Rankin's of the Cloon and Carrigan's via Killea rectory there is a place near said rectory where a black pig used to be seen on certain nights of the year. It appeared quite suddenly apparently from nowhere and ran along the road in front of the persons who saw it.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. black pig (~84)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    R. J. James
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monreagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Robert Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Milkman
    Address
    Monreagh, Co. Donegal