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School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 156

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  1. A Ghost Story (continued)

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    O'Shea remarked. "These are not your own clothes."
    "They are not" said the man. "My own clothes were not given away for me." Thomas O'Shea asked him what was the matter with him.
    "I have to come here every Sunday night for every Sunday that I did not go to Mass. "You must have seen a lot since you died," said Thomas O'Shea. "I did not see so much at all said the stranger and with that he faided away.
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  2. The Piper

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    Some years ago a piper lived in the townsland of Frankford. He resided in a little thatched cabin. People used to come from far and near every Sunday to dance to his music on a platform which he had erected in
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mai Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female