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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 537

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    537
    A woman dressed in black wearing a shawl drawn tightly around her head keeps vigilance at Crossna crossroads on dark Winter nights. One night Thomas Carty of Cloonshanachie went to the Prysbetery on a sick call. Father Mannion came with him and as the priest was a bit nervous travelling on the lonely roads Tom had to accompany him back home. When they came to the crossroads a woman in a dark shroud paced behind them for a few yards. "Why didn't you speak?" asked the priest. "Why didn't you speak.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Behy, Co. Roscommon