School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)That old house there near the churchyard avenue was a kidnapper's house. There were a crowd there called the Comaskeys. They were herds as well. They used to rob the graveyard. If any young person died of decline or the like they came a night and took the body out of the coffin and send it to Dublin for the young doctors to look over it.
They used to put the body in a barrel such and send it on the cars to Dublin.
- Fairies are very small people who live in forths. It is said that long ago they used to bring people away.
About sixty years ago it is said that a boy was taken away by them and the image of him was left in his place. The thing that was left in his place was alway crying and would never eat anything for them(continues on next page) - Collector
- Oilibhéar Ó h-Iolracháin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Owen KEvin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Hammondstown and Tonaghmore, Co. Westmeath
