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Mullagh, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 251

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    has seed. When the mother heard it. she was in a terrible way.
    She went in and dressed up a nice basket and put the baby in it. At that time, the "Mail- Coach" used to pass her house from Cavan to Dublin. She put the baby on it with directions that it was to be left at some certain address. No such people lived in Dublin but from that day to the day she died, the woman never heard a word about what happened the strange baby.

    Some distance from the village of Mullagh, there was a man coming of his ?? one night on his way home he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan