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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 049

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  1. A Ghost Story

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    There was a man one time and he never used to go to Mass. He used to stay fishing while the people were at Mass.
    One Sunday while he was fishing he saw a horse coming swimming down the river and when he came out on the bank he ran at the man.
    There was a house near the river and the man ran to it he was just going in on the door when the horse made a bite at him and he missed him. The horse
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Mc Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Peter Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath