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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 097

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    rolled off me with fear.
    I lit my lamp and she cried right at the back of the ditch.
    Then I heard the quackling of a duck.
    The Banshee was den in the field.
    I shun my light with fear, but to my surprise it was a poor auld fox goin' off with a duck.
    I den got up and wiped the sweat off my face.
    I believed no more in Banshees or Ghosts.
    I continued my journey fearing nothing.
    Then I reached my traps, and it was half past eleven.
    Rabbits were squealin' an' leppin'.
    The night was very dark and dismon, but I made my way
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas P. Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Thomas Franklin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    30
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Wexford