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School: Murher (B.) (roll number 13540)

Location:
Maigh Oirthir, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conaill
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    coming there. She said that she murdered an unbaptised child, and that she could not go into heaven. The priest told her to go teeming the Red Sea for seven years. After the seven years she came back again, and the priest was still living. The priest came again to meet her. He told her to go and find the stick with the one end. The ghost gave three mournful cries, and went down through the ground in the shape of a ball of fire.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Maurice Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Liatroim Thoir, Co. Chiarraí