School: Gleann Gabhna, Tulach an Iarainn

Location:
Glengoura Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhubhshláinghe
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  1. In days gone by as we are told the ghosts were seen and heard by different families.
    Once upon a time in olden days people were living in a house and they could hear people walking around. They could hear them twisting the machine, making noise with the cups and spoons, boiling the kettle, drawing the chairs to the table, and they thought that they could hear silk dresses noising round the house and people going in and out into the rooms.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    George Condon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycullane, Co. Cork