School: Annaglogh (roll number 7558)
- Location:
- Aghnaglogh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 101
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- Seventy years ago there was a man, heard about witches and that they could take the butter from the cows.
One night he sat up watching the cows with his gun and a threepenny bit mixed with the hail in it. He saw this hare going around the cows, and he fired a shot and shot the hare on the heel. The Hare went limping away.
He tracked the hare to a house on the top of a hill. He went into the house and asked if they were all well, the said they were. He saw an old woman sitting on a chair in the corner and her heel bleeding. This is a true story,
- About thirty years ago Paddy Murphy was coming home from town. It was a bright night and was about one o clock.
As he was coming up to the bog road, he saw a man standing in it. When he came closer to the man he bade him "good night" and the man never spoke, He bade him "good night" a second time but the man never spoke or moved. Then Paddy through it(continues on next page) - Collector
- Evelyn Deehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardaghy, Co. Monaghan
