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School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

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Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 11_003

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  1. The Ghost and the Sandpit (continued)

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    stood and would not go any farther and the man beat him and he would not go. At last he backed across the wall and they galloped over the fields. The man said he could hear the ghost clapping his hands after he was gone about a quarter of a mile.
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  2. The Hangman's Bridge

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    A long time ago there was an old School master in the parish of Aughagower. When the children used to come in late he would beat them and the children used to pray that after his death he would be seen going up and down there. So after his death he used to be seen walking up and down from the Hangman's Bridge to Pat McDonel's gate for a number of years and he was often seen as a black pig.
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    Language
    English
    Location
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    James Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo