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1. Steeple of Cloyne

   

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   No1. Steeple of Cloyne. Long ago a noise was heard in the town of Cloyne, at mid-night, near where an old couple lived. The woman got out of bed, when she opened the door, to her surprise, she saw a large building, which was never there before. From the top of the building a bird flew and nested some distance away called Keelvae near Castlemarys Where it rested grass never grew. The steeple is about 150 feet high build of of stone, and it was said only for the woman appeared the building would reach the sky. In olden times the protestants claimed it with the Catholic Church, and at the present day, the marks of the bar can be seen where they tried to destroy, the holy water stoups. it is owned now by the Protestants and they have the Bell erected on the top of the steeple. No 2. One time they were knocking a stable of their own. When they had the wall knocked to the ground, they saw the thing in the earth. They picked it up and what was there but a some of money. A short time after they were knocking a wall in the cow house. In the bottom of the wall they found a couple of shillings. That was put there, when they were building it.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Hickey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyhonock, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Canty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyhonock, Co. Cork

2. Mr John Canty

   

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   No2.
   One time they were knocking a stable of their own. When they had the wall knocked to the ground they saw the thing in the earth. They picked it up and what was there but a some of money. A short time after they were knocking a wall in the cow house. In the bottom of the wall they found a couple of shillings. That was put there, when they were building it.

   

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