School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

Location:: Ráth Mheidhg, Co. Chill Mhantáin
Teacher:

Mode:

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 214

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.
Download

Report a problem to eolas@duchas.ie

Let us know if you see incorrect or inappropriate information here.

Notice and Action Policy Statement

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

(no title)

“One time two brothers lived...”

Share Share Post

You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

One time two brothers lived together in a house. After some time one of the died. The night the other brother was out rambling and when he came home he sat down at the table to eat his supper, when he had his supper eaten he looked up and saw his dead brother sitting at the other side of the fire. They did not speak to each other and the living man went to bed and left the dead man in the kitchen. When he got up in the morning there was no sign of the dead man.
Cancel
Transcription guide »
By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

Language

English

Informant
Mrs James Tyrrell
Gender

Female
Age

43
Address

Ráth Sheáin Mhóir Thoir, Co. Chill Mhantáin
(no title)

“One night Mr Reilly Rathshanmore was coming from a wake...”

Share Share Post

One night Mr Reilly Rathshanmore was coming from a wake and when he got out on the mans land he turned around to close the gate. Just as he was closing the gate he saw the man standing at it. Mr Reilly tried to speak but he was not able. Then the man disappeared and Mr Reilly called him and prayed to God if he wanted anything to appear again but he did not.

Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
History Edit
(no title)

“One time a protestant man died in Moyne.”

Share Share Post

One time a protestant man died in Moyne. It was nearly dark when the people were coming from the funeral and as they were

(continues on next page)

Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
History Edit