School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)
- Location:
- Forgney, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mrs B. Higgins
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- (continued from previous page)graveyard, sat on a tombstone, and then suddenly disappeared into a grave.
The horse now galloped home and did not slow down once till he reached home.
My grandfather, Lord have mercy on him, often told us this true story.
- About eight years ago, my uncle, Joseph McCormack, Shinglass, Ballymore was going up to my mother's house one evening. A gate leads from the road to the boreen on which my mother lives. The gate was a wooden one and was secured to the post by means of a chain.
When my uncle entered the boreen he shut the gate and fastened the chain. He had not gone far when he heard the chain fall and the gate swing open. Thinking he had not fastened it properly(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Simons
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 20
- Address
- Shinglis, Co. Westmeath
