School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

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1. Tim Crowley the Widow's Son (continued)

   

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   of the bed in his arms with out no delay and placed her on the grate over a blazing fire. She started to scream as loud as she could when he was placing her on the grate. When her father heard the screaming he ran for his gun and tried to burst in the door to shoot crowley. In one minute when the young lady that was outside the door jumped inside the door and ran to her father and put her arms around him saying O father father I am your daughter whom crowley has saved. Don't shoot him. She was only a spirit that was put there in the bed instead of me when the swept me away. I could not come in beyond the door when he put her out the chimney. So the father ran to crowley and caught him by the hand and told him that he would give him all his gold and houses all belong to him and to marry his daughter. So Crowley got married to the young lady and they all lived happily together after. Written by Mary Sullivan, heard of this story being recited by my mother

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary O' Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Hannah Mansfield

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   39