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School: Sisters of Charity Convent N.S., Bealach an Doirín

Location:
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. Seosamh Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 501

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    One day, about forty years ago there were a few women travelling into Ballaghaderreen, on the Carracastle Road. They were carrying their baskets in their shawls on their backs. One of them looked behind her. She saw a person coming who was riding on a penny-farthing bicycle. She could not understand how a person could travel without his feet on the ground. "Noru, the devil is coming, the devil is coming" she shouted. The women immediately set out running across the fields
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Towey
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs J. Towey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doogary, Co. Roscommon