School: St. Mary's (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 520
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“In an old big mansion there lived two old ladies who loved their house very much.”
(continued from previous page)to her and he asked her would she leave the light on in the room and would he call down in the night and see if she was alright. But she would not allow him to do this.
When the butler wakened in the morning he put on his clothes and went down to the bedroom as fast as he could.
What he saw nearly made him faint. She had been dragged out of the room and killed and her body was burned to a cinder. After this the room was sealed up again.
- Collector
- Patrick Hall
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mary Street, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Guthrie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mary Street, Co. Louth