School: Cill Ruadháin (roll number 7088)
- Location:
- Lisgarode, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Floinn
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- In Woodville there is a house which is haunted. There are many stories about that house and here is one of them.
There were two men working in that house once, and they were sleeping in seperate rooms. They used to light a candle every night before going to bed. One night however they left their candles lighting and at eleven o clock that night someone opened the door of one man's room and the candle quenched. The man thought it was the wind so he closed the door, and lit the candle again. But it would quench every time he would light it. So in the end he had to "give it up". Then the spirit went off to the next man's room and did the same thing.
But they never found out what it was.
- Story. No.(2)
Once upon a time there was a woman who was very "tight". She would never help the poor. One day about a week before Christmas a poor man came to her door, but she sent him away without giving him anything. The next day he came again but got(continues on next page) - Collector
- Imelda O' Meara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickaneagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graigue Upper, Co. Tipperary
