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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Kathleen Morris
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 228

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    In our farm at home we have fields called Glan uisgie, Puille whick, The Corravilli, The Shruhan, The Shraih, There did an old man called Paddy the knitter own one of the fields in olden times; that field is called Cniotal. There is a well near here called Tobar Moor and an old bush called Berwick's bush and old people tell how his spirit was settled in the bush. Berwick was a protestant squire who lived in this townland. He was a bad living man, so the story goes, and Catholic girls had good reason to fear him. One day he fell of his horse and was killed There was one girl he appeared to several times. This night
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Folktales index
    AT0810: The Snares of the Evil One
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
    Collector
    Mary J. Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Guire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford