School: Cluain Fraoich
- Location:
- Cloonfree, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 351
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Once upon a time there was a woman crossing a bog. It was a cold dark winter's night. She was hurrying along the narrow path.
Every night a ghost used to be seen on the road. Then she heard angry voices all of a suden out of the darknes. Then she new it was living people she was going to go back if it was to spend that night out in the open sky. She sat behind a clump of heath until the roaring stoped. Then she got up and went on that direction.
She reached the end of her journey safe.Eileen Simpson.
Ardikellan.
Strokestown.
Co. Roscommon.
- Collector
- Eileen Simpson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardakillin, Co. Roscommon
