School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 330
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“There is a light that comes up and down the road every night. ...”
There is a light that comes up and down the road every night. It comes in across Mundrehid Bog. If a person was walking along the road the light would come near them and then it would go out.
- Collector
- James Kilmartin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- The Derries, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Dick Sheriden
- Gender
- Male
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“There was once a woman named Mrs Stanley who went to...”
There was once a woman named Mrs Stanley who went to town one day. When she was coming home she turned the car and was killed. The people at home saw her coming in the door and up the stairs. When they went up the stairs there was nobody to be seen.