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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 275

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    “One night confessions were being heard in Corlough church 7 miles from Ballinamore.”

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    After that the parish priest and the man went out of the church.
    It is said that the priest that came out on the altar was suffering in purgatory for fifty years and would not be let out until some one would serve Mass for him.
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    Two men were coming from a wake one night. The father of one of these men was dead.
    When they came to a cross-roads near this mans house, they saw the dead man under a brush.
    His son had not far to go home and he ran. The other man walked home, and the dead man walked after him the most part of the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Sharkey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Edward Sharkey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim