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School: Borrisoleigh (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 240

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  1. The Ball of Fire

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    About sixty years ago a ball of fire used to appear in the dusk of the evening. It used to hover around Aughvolyshane near the ground. It was hard to get near it. It was shy of people.
    Everyone used to see it night after night and it never did any one any harm. After some years it stopped appearing. The theory was that it was a soul passing its Purgatory.
    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
    Thomas Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockinure, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Tobias Tynan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    25
    Address
    Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary