School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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“Long ago there was an old man living in a little hut near Glencondra.”
(continued from previous page)him so he said “again” so the old man walked out through the door and out on the mountain.After a few minutes the man went out too so when he turned to come in he saw the whole place on fire. It is said that it was the old man’s spirit who set the house on fire. It is said that the old man’s spirit always remained in this house and that it was him who set the house on fire.
- Informant
- Matthew Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Laois