School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)

Location:
Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Mac Óda
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    one sitting on the bridge. But when you come near it, it is lying over the canal resting on nothing.
    Several people passing the way late at night have seen it and have been terrified with its horrible appearance, and would not pass that way again at a late hour.
    A white horse is seen sometimes at Corneys Hill many people have seen it.
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    There was a story told about a place about two miles from my house called Sonna.

    There was a story told about a place about two miles from my house called Sonna. About twenty years ago there came a strange bird to the place and it remained there for a few years. There was a family named Tuites living there at that time.
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