School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 213
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“Once upon a time there lived a woman in a rath called Oaksfort. ...”
(continued from previous page)one evening at about six o'clock into a near by wood to look for his horse. He came upon a lot of people with a white cloth spread on the grass evidently going to have a picnic. He asked them if they had seen a horse and one of the men pointed to where the horse was grazing a few perches away. He thanked them and went for his horse.He came back the same way yet when he reached the place the people had all disappeared and though there was a house at each end of the wood no one saw them enter the wood or leave it.
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“One day a man and a boy were going to a fair in Roscrea. ...”
One day a man and a boy were going to a fair in Roscrea.It was very early in the morning. The boy saw a carriage and four horses going across a field, The man said he could see not carriage at all. - Collector
- May Galvin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cappaghnahoran or Windsor, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Thomas Finn
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Caher (Custodia), Co. Laois