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School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)

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Oldcastle, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire D. Ní Nualláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 099

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  1. The Green Sod of Rath

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    Eighty or ninety years ago my grandfather Mr Pat Carolan was ploughing his field at the hill of Rath. In this field there was supposed to be a green patch called the green sod. As he was finished ploughing this sod he looked back and it was green again. He went on ploughing and did not mind. After a while it got dark and he heard the sound of hourses hooves behind him. He looked back and saw a pair of hourses ploughing guided by a black naked man with horns. He went on with his plough and the other man followed him but did not speak nor did the man. When he went back to the sod he disappered into
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fennor Upper, Co. Meath