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School: Straboe (roll number 12934)

Location:
Straboe, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 129

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    Once a man and a woman had a row, and they never got great again. The man died after a time. The woman used always stay up the last at night to rake the fire.When she was going to bed this night she saw the man looking over her room door with a horse's head on him and he looking down grinning at her. The woman fainted and the family got up and every time the woman would open her eyes she could see him. So they sent for the priest, and when the priest came he commanded him to the Red Sea
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Bergin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Bergin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Rathnamanagh, Co. Laois