School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 155
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- (continued from previous page)he was comen from a card playing across the field a table was set before him and a man sitting at it. He sat down and the began to play. He was run out of his money and he got up to go home and when he saw the feet of the man and he got a fright he was carried off for over twenty miles and then let down and he was better of his fright. This story happen in the year of 1884.
- About fifty years ago there was a man named Peter Brady who did not belive in fairy stories.
One night he was passing by a chapel and he was on a public pass that went by the belfry.
As he came to the belfry(continues on next page) - Collector
- Oistín Ó Bhrádaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Rathmea, Co. Meath
