School: Crecora, Tobar Pádraig (roll number 9668)
- Location:
- Crecora, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0525, Page 174
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- The Dead Hunt" is spoken of having been seen or heard at the witching hours, but this story which is true, happened some 40 or 50 years ago in this parishTwo men set out at the midnight hour to steal apples out of a walled in garden Green Mount. They scaled a fifteen foot wall and set to work. Very shortly the opening of a wicket gate disturbed them and they crouched in hiding in the tall potatoe stalks. Soon a man dressed in hunting kit came striding down the walk lashing at each side of him with a whip. More dead than alive the men saw him retrace his steps so they waited for no more but quickly got over the wall again. How ever they did not give up the idea of taking the apples so they decided to cross the river and cover themselves up in the cocks of hay, (it was hay time) and come back at cock crow and have their bags filled. No sooner said than done, they got into the hayfield(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Pádraig Mac Sithigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Occupation
- Scoláire
- Address
- Crecora, Co. Limerick
