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School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

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Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
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Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 126

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  1. A Strange Animal

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Arch Hall, Co. Meath
    Informant
    James Halford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Wilkinstown, Co. Meath

  2. A Strange Animal

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    There is a big wall around the garden in Arch Hall and it has a big hole on the side. Inside this hole there is a very deep well and an animal in the form of a dog is always at the well in the night.
    Any person who goes through that hole with the intention of stealing will be pulled into the well by the dog. A young man
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