School: Carrowrile (roll number 10396)

Location:
Carrowreilly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Coileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 342

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  1. There was a man card-playing in a house until very late between twelve and one o'clock. When he was crossing a bridge on his way home he met a huge dog with fire out of his mouth. He next saw a funeral comin' in As it passed him by a woman spoke out of the coffin. He knew it to be his grandmother's voice that was dead years before, saying "Throw away the cards you have in your pocket or you will perish". He then threw them on the road and a light came from the coffin and burned the cards. The huge dog went to save the cards but he went on fire himself and he went away roaring. And then the man got home safe and he never played cards afterwards.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Carrowreilly, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Andrew Gibbons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Carrowreilly, Co. Sligo