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   “Long ago the farmers used be carting to Cork with apples to make cider.”

   

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   Long ago the farmers used be carting to Cork with apples to make cider. They would start off about half past ten or eleven o clock. One Sunday night a few of them started off for Cork and a man named Lynch said "I will cross through the fields and will meet ye at Longfield's Bridge." When he went into the field there was a great crowd of men kicking football and more of them walking around. And for every step he took he was put back two. He was there for three or four hours and in the finish he said "In the name of God am I going to be here all night" When he said that two men walked up to him and he knew them to be dead for years They caught him by the arm, took him across the field and out over a stile. When he arrived at Longfields Bridge there was not trace of the cars. So he walked on and caught up to them at the Halfway House. About a week afterwards he was winnowing oats and it was an old fashion machine they had that time. As he was working his arm got cut off where the ghost caught it. The doctor's were very scarce and were not well

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   William O' Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Churchtown, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Denis O' Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Churchtown, Co. Cork