School: Baile i Meadhon Locha (roll number 344)

Location:
Bellanaman, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Nic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 129

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  1. When Armagh Cathedral was being built it was revealed to the workers that some one would knock it down, so to protect it a man stayed up all night with a strong stick.
    That night a bull came to it and knocked down the walls. The man lifted his stick and hit the bull with such force that it fell on a rock many miles off.
    But the bull returned again and the same thing happened. But this time he landed in Mullyash mountain and the tracks of the bull that can be seen to this day.
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Mc Quaid
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annareagh North, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Lamp
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Armagh, Co. Armagh
  2. It is said that fairies cannot lead astray any person who wears scapulars. My mother told me that her grandfather was very fond of football. One fine summer's evening he was out walking about. He noticed a great football match in progress in a field nearby. He entered the field. Now it seemed in the next field. When he reached the next field it seemed still
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