School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 392
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- The Banshee is supposed to follow certain families especially people with o in their names. She is a small woman with long hair and a red coat. She cries very mournfully and if you say hush she will go. It is said that if you follow her across a river and a ditch you will see your coffin the far side of it and you will die within a week.
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Once upon a time there was a man and a woman and they were very rich. After a while they got very poor.
One night Paddy was outside crying and a big man came up and he asked him why was he crying. Paddy said he cried because he was poor. Then the man said "I will give you a bag of money in seven years time. You will have to bring me an animal from your country and I will bring another. If(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Oonagh Nugent
- Gender
- Female
