School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 290

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    wise. hostess: 'It is very well that nobody sleeps in that mystery room of yours. It is certainly haunted. I was cold in bed last night and I went down there for a blanket and all the unearthly noise -'
    "Hysterical laughter from Mrs. Hewson interrupted him, and that particular "ghost" of the 'haunted room' was laid.
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  2. There was once a woman who lived in Duleek, she went out one night at twelve o' clock to cout her hens.
    She was so long outside that her husband went out and she was not there. The next day he went to look for her but in vain.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mount Saint Oliver, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Sheila Fennessy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Address
    Barrack Street, Co. Louth