School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 009

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 009

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  3. XML “Old Beliefs”
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Brett
    Gender
    Female
  2. In the olden times a priest was going on a sick call. It was at night about nine o'clock. He was walking very quickly along a lonely road, when suddenly he heard beautiful singing inside the hedge. He listened for a while and he thought it was a maid milking a cow. The song was so nice he forgot he was staying so long. At last he ventured to look through the fence and when he did he saw two dogs chained together and when they saw him they ran away. When he went to the house the person was dead.
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