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School: Crecora, Tobar Pádraig (roll number 9668)

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Crecora, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0526, Page 052

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  1. The Dead Hunt

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    Tales are often told of "Dead Hunts" but this one is really true and happened in this parish about 40 or 50 years ago.
    One night, two men set out to steal apples from a walled-in garden in Green Mount. However they climbed the call and were just about to steal the apples when they were routed by the noise of a wicket gate.
    They decided to hide in the potato stalks and see what would happen. And as they were hiding, a man dressed in hunting clothes passed by.
    More dead than alive the men saw him retrace his steps and waited for no more but got over the wall again.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lemonfield, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Seán Ó Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lemonfield, Co. Limerick