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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 264

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    out his ears & nose & the head opened and inside were hundreds of earwigs who all crawled away. The head closed again and the man never had a headache after that.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    The headless coach
    This was a coach supposed to be driven through the country at midnight. The people who were in it and the driver & footmen were supposed to have no heads The horses and coach made a terrible noise like thunder and this awoke everyone but no one was supposed to look out. If anyone were foolhardy enough to watch the headless coach some terrible misfortune was to happen to him after a short time. Anyone who happened to meet it on the road were also doomed to an early death or some other disaster would befall him.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Larkin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Dunkitt, Co. Kilkenny