School: Killough (roll number 9540)
- Location:
- Killulagh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mary Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 225
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- One night a man named Leonard was returning to his home in Ballinvally. He was accompanied by his dog which was running in the grass by the roadside. He called the dog and to his surprise a woman stepped out before him.
He knew the woman but she had been dead for many years. The woman walked with him to his home. She did this every evening. At last he decided to speak to her. He brought a Priest with him and another man. When he met the woman he asked her what she wanted. The woman replied she wanted him to pay a bill for her and get a Mass said for her.
The man did as she asked and he saw her no more. This incident occured about ten years ago.
- Collector
- Celine Bezzanno
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Westmeath
