School: Ballykilmurry
- Location:
- Ballykilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Odhráin
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“Once upon a time there was a girl away at work and she went home every night...”
Once upon a time there was a girl away at work and she went home every night. One night she was going home and she saw a sheet in the ditch and she left it there. It was there the next night. She said if it was there the third night she would bring it home. That night when they were all in bed a knock came to the door and her mother opened it and she saw some one standing outside the door. The person asked her for the sheet her daughter took, she was bringing the sheet and he told her to let her daughter bring it. The girl gave it to him and she died that night.
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