School: Dubhthrian (Diffreen) (roll number 6680)

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   “One time two lands were talking about ghosts.”

   

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   One time two lads were talking about ghosts. One of them said nothing would put fear on him. The other then told him to go to a certain graveyard at twelve o'clock that night and take a skull out of the graveyard. The boy agreed. He went to the graveyard and the other lad followed him unknown to the hero. When the latter reached the graveyard he lifted a skull and just then a voice said "leave that down, that's my skull." He left it down and lifted another. A voice again said "leave that down that's my skull! He obeyed and lifted another, a voice again said "leave that down, that's my skull." "Sure they can't all be your's" he said lifting one and taking it under his arms. The other lad met him at the graveyard gate and threw a bucket of coals into his face. That was that lad's first and last talk

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Mac Ternan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Gleneige, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Michael James Clancy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   17

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Gleneige, Co. Leitrim