School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 399
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Once there lived three people in a house in Loughmore near Birr. There were two brothers and a sister. They has a servant man. One day the servant took out a gun and shot another man. A piece flew out of the gun and the servant man did not wait to get it. When the police found the bit of the gun it fitted to the two innocents men's guns. The sister know who shot the man but he was afraid to tell. She thought the brothers would not he hanged because they were so innocent. The poor brothers were hanged and buried in their loots and clothes. A nun dreamt of them one night that they were dug up as fresh as ever. After three years the brothers(continues on next page) - Collector
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- Gender
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- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Laois