School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)
- Location:
- Durrow, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Sabhaois
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- (continued from previous page)big flag but they were afraid to raise it so they covered it up and went off about a fortnight after a light like a motor lamp was seen about this place for weeks in succession so every one is afraid to disturb it.
14.4.39
- Story told by Sean Hutchison (12 yrs) Smith's son Durrow Laoighis. He heard the story from his father Thomas Hutchison 54 yrs smith, Durrow.
One time there were three highway men robbers and they were going around robbing and Mr Stubbers heard of them and he gave all his money tho the butler and blindfolded him and let him off and he was travelling for a long time until at last he came out in this gate. When he was a bit outside the gate he dropped it and it was buried there. There was a man from Roscrea dreamed about it three nights in succession and there was to be blood drawn at the getting of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sean Hutchison
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Durrow, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Thomas Hutchison
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Durrow, Co. Laois
