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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 03_001

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    An old man told me a very interesting story one night last winter, and I shall describe it to you. There was once a very old house about a quarter of a mile from our house, and about ten or eleven people lived there.
    This house was unchanted because the people of the house used to go to bed safe at night, and one or two of them would be dead in the morning. The same thing happened the next night and the next and so on till they were
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Scahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo