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School: Druim Áine (roll number 9438)

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Drumany (O'Brien), Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Raghnaill
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  1. The Laughing Stone

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    About 100 years ago there lived a man and a woman in a house where our pigsty is now. One day the gable fell and the man got masons to build it. When it was built the woman asked one of the masons to get a stone with a hollow in it, in which she could put the teapot. The mason went over to the old Church, which is not far from our School, and took a stone with a hollow in it. That night something came to the door and pushed it open. At that time people kept their hens in the house. At that moment the cock jumped down from the dresser and drove something from the house. The stone in the corner began to laugh, and then a voice said "if you have not that stone left back before tomorrow night you will be haunted all your life." The mason brought back the stone and after that he never interfered with any ancient building.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumany (O'Brien), Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Martin Roddy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Drumany (O'Brien), Co. Leitrim