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School: Roxboro

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Roxborough, Co. Roscommon
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Donncha Ó Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0258, Page 093

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    A man by the name of Tom Jackson used to travel from Lanesboro to Roscommon ever month selling goods. He went into a house on his way to Roscommon one day to light his pipe and they were churning. He put a coal into his and lit it and went away. When the people of the house went to take the butter off the churn they could get no butter on it, or any time after that. They seen the man coming another day and they told him the story. He pondered for a while and he said he threw the coal
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Delamere
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Nichlos Keydon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roxborough, Co. Roscommon