School: Fieldstown, Drogheda (roll number 14462)

Location:
Fieldstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chléirigh
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  1. 3. One night two men were coming home from work. They were coming across a field and they had to cross a stile. The first man got across the stile but the second man could not. He asked the other man to help him over the stile. A man put down his hand to lift him up. When he got up he saw the other man half ways over the field. When he caught the other man he asked him did he lift him over the stile and he said no. it was a ghost that lifted him up.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Lambe
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Lambe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monasterboice, Co. Louth