School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 019

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 019

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  3. XML “The Haunted House”
  4. XML “Ghost of Dead Woman Appears”
  5. XML “The Ghost”

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  1. In a certain house in Kilmoganny a crowd of men were playing cards around the fire. The woman of this house was dead but the man was alive One night the woman walked down the stairs and out the door. They all spoke but got no answer. It is said that the man of this house was very cruel to his wife before she died.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Stasia Murphy
    Gender
    Female
  2. One night my father was coming home across a field near Coolagh. It was early in the night. He was after going through a big field into a little field. Between these two were a few high bushes. He saw a big
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