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1. St Finnian and the Bells (continued)

   

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   very drowsy and fell fast asleep.
   When he awoke he found that the bells had rung. That was the first time in his life he missed the bells of Rome.

   

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2. A Ghost Story

   

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   A house was for sale in the vicinity of Tracton Abbey. It was thought to be on the site of an old Cistercian Monastery and was said to be haunted. Every night at about midnight the chanting of monks was heard. A certain man wished to buy the house, but his family refused to live there on account of the tales they heard of ghosts been seen there. But the father insisted in buying the house saying that as he was stone deaf he could not possibly hear them. One night his son Bat, went on business to Crosshaven. He told his father he would come back the short way by the strand.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Críostína Ní Bhuachalla

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Athair Mac Suibhne

   Gender

   Male