School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P.J. Cooney
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- A man named Terry lived in Killenboy one time. A neighbour did him a bad turn. When Terry died he had his revenge upon this man. He came back to him in the form of a ghost and accompanied him everywhere he went.
They often had to cross a certain drain together. Now it came to pass that the man was to kill the ghost or the ghost to kill him.
He went to a priest to ask him how he should deal with the ghost. The priest told him to have a knife with him the next time he'd be crossing the drain; that he was to turn around and stick the ghost with it and use a certain word while doing so.
The man did as he was told, and it is said that the drain is red ever since.
