School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Patrick
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- On the Slane Road there is an old lane which runs down to the River Boyne.
In olden times there were many houses built on it but now there are not even the ruins left.
In one of those houses there lived an old woman and her daughter. One night before going to bed she went outside and did not return for a long time. Her mother was wondering what was keeping her, so she called her in and when she came in her head was back to front. Her mother did not know what to do so she ran up the road crying and she met an old lady and the lady asked her what was wrong with her. She told her what had happened. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Shevlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fair Street, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Plunket
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Trinity Street, Co. Louth
