School: Ughtyneill (roll number 12897)
- Location:
- Ughtyneill, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad, Bean Uí Chinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 257
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- About 30 years ago a knock came to the door and the noise of it shook cans that were on a bench about a perch away. It was after snowing and there were no footsteps in the snow or no trace could be found
There is another story about a woman who was not a native and when she came to the kitchen door she would make a terrible sigh and no more could be seen of her. Sme time ago a man lived in Petersville House called Mannering. One day he went out to cut branches off trees. As soon as he cut off one of the branches a terrible big branch fell about a perch away. The big branch that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caoimighin Mac Gabhann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolnahinch, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Thomas Barrett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 65
- Address
- Tirachorka, Co. Meath
