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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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    One day two men went into Drumcormick wood to cut a stick. A neighbouring man wished to frighten them. As dusk was falling he lay outside the wall that surrounded the wood. He heard their voices as he thought. He stayed ever so long but nobody came out.
    At last, he decided to go as far as them. When he entered the wood there was nobody to be seen. Try as he might he could not leave it. Horses trotted backwards and forwards through the night.
    When morning came he got free and went home. Next day he and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Anne Wynne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blackfallow, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Wynne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male