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School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)

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Newcastle, Co. Galway
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Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 275

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  1. A Strange Sight (continued)

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  2. A Witch

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    There was a witch living in Bengarralong ago, she was a very bad woman and she could tell anything through the power of the devil. One day as she was walking along the road she met a man riding on horse back. The man saluted her but instead of answering him she said a curse. That night the man went to the priest to tell him of the curse. The priest said he would finish the witch on Christmas eve of the year 1782. The
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