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School: Arva (C.)

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Arvagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 106

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    One morning early two men were going to a fair in Mohill they went to Moyne and one of the men saw a light as they were passing by Duffy's lane, and the other man say cats' eyes across the bog. A different morning a man on the Fair Green, his name was Jack Cassidy. He was going to a fair in Longford and he saw the same cats' eyes. He inquired that night about it, and he was told a man is supposed to have been murdered there long ago.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss Eilin Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan

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    “Once upon a time there there was a giant who lived in a castle in Enaghan...”

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    Once upon a time there there was a giant who lived in a castle in Enaghan. He was very tall and strong. All the people who lived
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