School: Scoil an Chúrnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar

Location:
Newcastle, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pr. Ó Fionnmhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, Page 104

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  1. Once upon a time there lived a man in Churchtown. Every night a ghost used to appear to him in bed. One night he told the priest. So this night the priest stayed up and watched and about midnight the ghost came out he went to a house and he came out again he went in to another house and came out again the priest followed him into a third house and he asked him "why did he not stay in the first house" "he said they were saying the rosary and the same in the second house and he stayed in this house because the man was asleep.
    The priest took out a bottle of holy water and shook it on the ghost and it disappeared into a ball of flames it was the divil.
    I got this story from my mother Mary Healy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mary Healy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female