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School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 082

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 082

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  1. Another Story of the Stray Sod (continued)

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  2. Story about a Banshee

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    The banshee is supposed to follow certain families and to cry when any one of the family is about to die. A nun in this locality told Mrs O Farrell that the night her father died she heard a banshee crying up and down the covent corridor outside the
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