School: Dunsallagh, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 12860)

Location:
Doonsallagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Patrick Walsh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 229

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    He said to say nothing about it or he would tell her friends and when the husband would be buried a month he would marry her and bring back her money.
    They were married.
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    There was a man of the Downes's in Kildimo long ago.

    There was a man of the Downes's in Kildimo long ago..he had three very good looking sons .
    A crowd used to come every Sunday to a jump in Kildimo river ,one of the three sons gave a great jump across .a red haired girl shook hands to him .When he re-crossed the river,he asked the people who was the the red-haired girl that shook hands to him.They said they did not see the girl at all,a few days after the boy got sick and died.A strange girl came into the house and told the father not to let any of the boys do that jump again.The second boy went without his father's knowledge and di the jump .A red-haired girl shook hands to him also. A few days after he got sick and died.The other boy did not do the jump at all.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Howe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowduff, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Howe
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85