School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 023
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- Once upon a time there lived a man in a house that was haunted. He did not like this house so he built a new house for himself. Some time afterwards a man came to him and the man in the new house said he would give him a lot of money if he would stay in the haunted house for two nights. The man did so. The first night he was sitting by the fire when he heard a great rumbling noise coming down the chimney. The brave boy did not mind but, on turning around he saw on the floor a coffin. He was so brave that he lit four candles on the coffin and a beautiful young lady sat up in the coffin before him. He said to her to get up and sit by the fireside and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Jackman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Occupation
- Carpenter
