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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 355

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  1. A Ghost Story

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    There was a man one time. His name was John Walsh: he lived not for from Hacketstown in a little house. He put in for a cottage. When the cottage was half built there was a Ghost seen in it every night and every one was afraid to go near it. Any way John went to live in it himself and when he did there was no ghost to be seen. It was his own wife who was taken with the fairies.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes O' Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    29
    Address
    Knockatomcoyle, Co. Wicklow