School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: T. Mc Namee
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 148
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- (148) Story about a Ghost.
Skerries, Co. Dublin.In the district of the Hills there lived a man called "Toby." Nobody knew his other name but he was very popular with the people. He used to work with a local farmer. One night Toby was coming up the road with a load of straw from market. Suddenly the wheel of the cart went over a stone and the cart capsized and Toby fell into a deep ditch and broke his neck. Every night since a rattling of chains as if a cart was being capsized, can be heard. It's a strange thing that two people together cannot hear it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Strand Street, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr J. Bissett
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
