School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)
- Location:
- Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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- There was once a man called Blue Beard. He went to be married one day to a Lady. He was a ugly man and when he was going to be married he changed himself into a gentleman.
When they were married about a week he changed himself back again. His wife became afraid of him and she told him that she would not stay with him. He locked her into a room and killed her. He married a second time and killed her also. He married a third and killed his wife. The last wife stayed with him.
One day he went on a visit and he gave her the keys of every door, but he told her not to open a certain door. When she got him gone she said that she would open it and shut it again.
She opened the door and found three dead bodies. When she(continues on next page)
