School: Knocktopher (roll number 7033)
- Location:
- Derrynahinch, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Éil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 142
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- One night a girl was going home, she had to go through fields, it was a nice moonlight night and she did not mind.
She had not gone far when she saw something coming towards her. When it had come near her it looked like a tall man. She thought it was her father coming to meet her. It was just at her side when she knew her father was not so tall, and that he did not wear a cap.
She began to walk on when the figure stopped her and asked her where was she going. "Home" said the girl. As she walked on the figure was walking too. She went to the door and her mother asked her who was the man that was with her. As her mother asked those questions the figure disappeared.
- Collector
- Lull Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Sheila Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny
