School: Lathach Barr
- Location:
- Ardbane or Laghy Barr, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seaghan Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 369
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- (continued from previous page)that the house was said to be haunted.
Johnny Mc Cafferty the man (that) who sat up with Mowbray was coming from rambling one night; from a house named Mc Garrigles in Dromore. The same night it was snowing very heavily the people had a foot path in the middle of the road. Johnny was coming at Mowbray’s gate. When all of a sudden sudden [sic] who did he see, but old Mowbray before him in the snow.
Johnny went off the path to get past on the other side of it, but as he did so Mowbray was before him again. He went up nearly on the ditch, but it was all no use. The ghost stood there with a grin at (Johnny) him Johnny did not know what to do. He had a stick in his hand. A thought struck him at last. He took out his beads and stretched his stick across the ground making the sign of the cross(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Harry Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Male
