School: Kilturk (B.)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Briain
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    The people burned her under a tree long after and as soon as she was dead the man was changed into himself again none the worse.
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  2. Funny Story.
    Two men were going home one night an' they heard an awful screech right behind them. They looked around an there was the "Bow" "The Bow" is a big tall woman and she is almost six feet high and she is always screeching and combing here hair. Yer two men took to their heels and did not stop until they got home. When they got in the Bow came an keened three times outside the window. The next day one
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr P. Lambert
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmore, Co. Wexford