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School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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Thomastown Demesne, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Dubhláine
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    brother did not know him he was so thin and starved. After a long holiday he was going back. "If you go again you will be coming home dead." The second brother went off to the same house and he got the same treatment as the other fellow. After a few nights the boy used to hear them talking of all the people that were buried in the house. One night he filled his pockets with small potatoes when he was going to bed up a loft. In the middle of the night he threw the little potatoes at the farmer's bedroom door one by one. He got up first in the morning and had the potatoes picked up before they would see them. At a late hour in the morning the farmer
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Nagle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    David Nagle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary