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School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

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Castleknock, Co. Dublin
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Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 162

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    “Long ago in Thomas Street, Dublin a big house was set out in flats.”

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    Long ago in Thomas street, Dublin a big house was set out in flats. One night people heard crying could not make out what it was, when morning came there was nothing to be seen. That night it was heard again and looking out saw a banshee and the next morning there was a woman dead in the same house next door.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shiela Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr P. Byrne
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    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleknock, Co. Dublin

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    Pirapine pompy hopping on the grass,
    Pimpine pompy hopping on the ass.
    Hailstones.
    What has six wings and cant fly
    Sixpence
    What has three feet and cant walk
    A Yard
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