School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

Location:
Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    the fields and as she was going along the path she met a candlestick and a candle in it and it lighting and every four or five yards she went after that she met a candle and a candlestick and she put them in her apron and the last one she met was very small and she kept it in her hand and when she reached the house where her son was dead all the candlesticks and candles vanished and none none of them remained but the last one she found.
    When she went into the house where her son was dead she filled the little candlestick with
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Dooley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moneen East, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Connors
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grannagh, Co. Galway