School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 319
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“One a night a man was coming home...”
One night a man was coming home form rambling. he had to cross some fields before he got out on the road. He heard a foot step behind him and he thought that he could hear someone breathing. He looked behind him and could see no one. The step followed him until he reached the road. He could not hear it any more.
- Collector
- Teresa Dooley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Dooley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
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“Once there was a doctor. ...”
Once there was a doctor. He had to go home by the river bank. He was very fond of drinking. One night an old woman was watching him going home and she saw a Clergyman with him. The Clergyman walked beside the river. The next morning the old woman asked him who was the Clergy man he had with him. He said there was no one with him. The old woman said there was someone with him. Then the doctor said it was his Guardian Angel