School: Ballyroddy (roll number 12629)
- Location:
- Ballyroddy, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: -
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he saw mother's aunt with a carving knife in her hand, and she kneeling down, and carving knife stuck in the ground. He ran home and told the people of the house About it, and they went to the fort, And brought her home with the knife. She never spoke for three days, and then she told them how she went to the door to see what the little woman wanted, there was a whole crowd of people outside, and they took her away for three days.
This is a true story for the knife was in this house for years and years.
Miss Margaret Connor (80)
Raheen.
Mantua P.O.
Castlerea.
A. Rushe.
Shankil.
Elphin
- Collector
- A. Rushe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shankill, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Miss Margaret Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Roscommon
