School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)and crying. Above the din she heard a voice saying "Give me my bone. Give me my bone. "
The old woman got very frightened and she jumped onto bed and covered her head with the clothes. The storm increased and the voice got angrier. The woman peeped out and looked over at the shelf where she put the flower. Instead of the flower was a bone. She jumped out of bed and said "there its for you" and she threw the bone out of the window. Immediatly the storm ceased and all was quiet again. The old woman never went near the graveyard after.
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- M. Mac Manus
