School: Doire Leathan, Grange (roll number 14843)
- Location:
- Derrylehan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: -
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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.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. - 5. A woman once got up in the middle of the night to go to mass. She had no clock so she did not know what time it was. The moon was shining brightly and she thought it was daylight.She hurried quickly until she reached the church. Then she saw the priest walking up and down by it. She asked him was she in time for mass. His reply was "Go home and go to bed because it is time for the living to be asleep and the dead to wander"Great fear came on the woman and she went home and died in a short time
- 6. A man coming home from playing cards one night met another man who asked him to play some games with him. He refused to go and the stranger accompanied him to his house. It was supposed to be the devil.
- 7. One night a man was coming home late from rambling. He saw on the side of the(continues on next page)
