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School: Barrow (roll number 11850)

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Barrow, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ml. Ó hUallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 106

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    not do what I told you and you shall be punished for it. The boy asked what punishment should he get. the man answered. "Every thing worse than each other you shall get." The boy went home to eat his supper that he he was hungry. The man told him to go home and to come back again to him. The boy went home to eat, he told his people what he saw in the fort, he said that he would not go back any more to him. His people told him they would not go out and and see the fort in the morning, and see it.
    He was called in the middle of the night by a crowd of dead people. He heard the people, but he did not go out to them. His mother called him and he would not go out to them. He was torn out through the window by the dead people. When he was outside the window
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Conchúbhair Ó Ceallacháin
    Gender
    Male