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School: Tinahely

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Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
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P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0919, Page 130

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    “Once upon a time a woman was going home from Tinahely.”

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    Once upon a time a woman was going home from Tinahely. It was past mid-night and as she was passing a house she saw a priest walking along the road reading his prayerbook. She thought it was the Parish Priest going home after attending a sick call so she asked him up in the cart. She was talking to him but he did not answer her so she guessed he was not the Priest. When they came to a little stream dividing the land that belonged to the Priest he jumped off the cart and vanished. The woman got such a fright she died soon after.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Hanley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs M. Bookey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Tinahely, Co. Wicklow