School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 294
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“There is a house not far from Roscrea. ...”
(continued from previous page)there is a ghost . The bottle can still be seen in this house.
At one time this ghost tormented the people around this place. It roamed around and frightened and killed many people . The people told the priest about this ghost . The priest came and laid the ghost in a bottle . It has to stay in this bottle forever.
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“There is an old Castle in Ballaughmore. ...”
There is an old Castle in Ballaughmore, A man names Jim Carroll was going for his cows one evening. He had to pass by the Castle . When he came to the stile where the cows were , he saw little men dressed in red and blue. They were dancing round the Castle.
The moment the man was over the stile with one sound like the clap a hand the little men disappeared. - Collector
- Ita Cole
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Thomas Cole
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Laois