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School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

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An Leithead, Co. Chiarraí
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Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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    prayers and then asked if he saw the child. He said yes and was coming very close now. That moment the laughing child caught the godfather and tried to lift him in the air. The child went off like a flash of lightning. But the men held him and he never after saw the laughing child. The evil spirit.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Julia O' Shea
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Drom Buachalla Uachtarach, Co. Chiarraí