School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)
- Location:
- Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)crying. It was a witch they were chasing instead of a hare. The dogs and men fled from the place and nothing happened them. They nearly killed the witch and she was pouring blood after the dog had bit her
- It is believed that a ghost in the form of a hound is seen on Fannon's Hill. At about 12 o'clock in the night and he comes up strong through Butlersgrove and he disappeared at Pownell's cross on the Gowran Road. This hound does not come any further than Mrs Wynne's of the Gowran Road of the Technical.
- Many years ago there was a man named Thomas Monks. He lived in Kellymount. He was very poor and tired of life and it said he suffered from(continues on next page)
