School: Ráth Araidh (roll number 9362)
- Location:
- Rahara, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 122
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- Ghost Stories.
Daddy was coming over from Ward's one night, they were card playing. There was a shower of rain & he stood in at the two gates. A bull rolled out through the gate with no feet & disappeared through the road.
(James Fallon Scrine)
- Collector
- James Fallon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skrine, Co. Roscommon
- There was a man going to the fair of Athleague. When he was half way he saw a crowd playing cards on the side of the road, They called him in & asked him would he have a game & he said he would. He let a card fall & he was looking down getting it. He saw that all the men has horses' hoofs & he saw two horns stickingup out of the ground.
(Peter Kelly Kilcash from Jim Kelly Kilcash) - There was a man coming down from Highbog from rambling. It was about two o' clock at night. He had to come round by a forth & he looked(continues on next page)
