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School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Colm
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 129

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    The following story took place in Westmeath, about one hundred years ago. The man in the Story was a member of the R.I.C.
    This night he, accompanied by another man, went to watch some lads coming from a public house. They thought it was better to hide inside an old ruin which lay along at the Cross Roads.
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    When they were about ten minutes there an animal much like a goat came from the village in the direction of the arrows on the diagram. These two men took no heed of the goat, but on seeing an animal like a horse come exactly the same way, they got afraid. They did not loose courage till :- A woman dressed in pure black came the same road from the village as the goat and followed the two animals
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Knockumber, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Sister M. Columba
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    63
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath