School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- One night as I was returning from Naas I saw a Banshee. She was sitting on a stone at "Fagan's Gate" combing her long golden hair which nearly reached her toes.
I was terrified on seeing her and the sweat rolled down my back. She was crying as though some one very dear to her had died. On reaching home I was told that Mr Garvey died that evening. On hearing this I came(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Hartigan
- Gender
- Male
