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   “I heard another story of another black dog...”

   

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   I heard another story of another black dog which was told by Mrs Kenny, Ballykerogue. This black dog used to be seen every night on the new road on the way to the Island. It is said that this dog was left to mind some money which was buried under a big stone on the right side of the ditch near the priest's house. The black dog used to be seen every night and one night the priest went out and he put him out of the place. He whipped him away and the dog was never seen there since.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballykeeroge, Co. Wexford

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   “A man named Killcoo and his brother lived in Ballinamona or Horeswood...”

   

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   A man named Killcoo and his brother lived in Ballinamona or Horeswood as it is also called long long ago. He had a bit of land and with his brother he used to till it. One of them would pull the plough and the other would shove it.
   One day as Killcoo was mending the plough a man

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