School: Brownstown (B.), Curragh Camp (roll number 16302)
- Location:
- Brownstown Upper, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Michael Ó Comhraidhe
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- Once upon a time there was a woman named Mrs. Riley. She was in Martinstown Wood gathering sticks. She straightened her back and she hit head against a pair of boots. She looked up and saw a man hanging. She was the first to find him.Joseph Delahunt
Feby 1938
(Told by the Mr Delahunt mentioned in previous page.)
- There is a field in Sheshoon farm called the Rath Field. There are a great many mounds in it. It is believed that the druids lived there. There is a ghost seen there every night at 12 o’clock. One day when the farm men were digging a foundation for a cattle shed they found a great deal of bones. These bones are believed to be human(continues on next page)
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