School: Killyraine (roll number 4181)
- Location:
- Killyrean Upper, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Coilleadh
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- (continued from previous page)after some time the women returned to the room and the boys moved slowly out Unseen by the women one of the boys slipped over to the bed and loosed the string, up sprang the corpse, the women screamed and rushed helter-skelter out of the house falling over each other but not daring to look behind until they had reached their homes.
Padraic OBriain 12 yrs
Knockaguinea,
Co Tyrone.
- The man with the big head of hair
Once there was a man who lived in Ballynahone whose name was Hugh Hughban. He lived alone. One night he was sitting at the fire and two little boys came in and talked to him. Hugh had a big head of hair. At that time there were potatoes called Corkrids. They asked Hugh whether he would like Corkrids or hair. Hugh said he would rather have Corkrids. Then the two lads went out. Hugh went t bed, as usual, that night. When he awoke in the morning the room was full of Corkrids. He put up his hand and found not a hair on his head. - Collector
- Patrick O Hanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Tonyshandeny, Co. Monaghan
