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School: Mainistir Ó dTórna

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Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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    The house which Maurice Scollard and his two sisters were living in is haunted. This house is in Reidy's farm but it formerly belonged to the Scollard family.
    Every winters night a great big light is seen whirling about the house. the Scollards themselves never saw it but others did.
    One night as Jerry Callaghan and a crowd of boys were coming across the fields they were dazzled by a great light which was of all colours. They wondered what it was and soon they got afraid and when they tried to run they could not do so. It then faded away and they heard a noise, and when they saw it again,
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Shíothcháin
    Gender
    Female