School: Mungraid (B.) Luimneach (roll number 14409)

Location:
Mungairit, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
Mrs B. Mulroy
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    November Eve.
    Custom.
    A servant girl came about sixty years ago to work for a farmer named MacDonnell who lived near Dooradoyle on the Ballinacurra road. No one knew her real name. She went by the name of Cahir Donnell. She was a very suspicious individual. On November night she went out at midnight and dragged herself three times through the Pike River. Then she
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Oíche Shamhna (~934)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Punch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ros Uí Bhriain, Co. Luimnigh