School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P.J. Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 220
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- About forty years ago there lived a man in Church Lane Ballymore. His name was Pat Kenny. He had the grass of the Church yard for his two goats. Another man began to take grass also but Kenny did not like to see him doing this. He said to himself I will put a stop to this. There were tomb stones in the church yard. This evening Kenny put on a snow white sheet and put chains on his legs. About dusk the other man came for a bag of grass. He had it half full of grass when out came the man with the sheet on him. He had been under the tomb stone. He crawled out saying. "I have you". The lad ran for his life leaving the bag of grass behind him. He jumped across the ditch ran down the avenue. There was a young priest in Ballymore and at this time he was coming down the avenue reading his prayer book He saw the man running. What are you running for said he to the man. There is a ghost after me he said. Where is your faith said the priest. No matter where it is you will see. The priest saw the men coming on his hands and feet and he saying. I have you now. The priest began to run then and passed the other man Now said the man where is your faith. He came no more for the grass.
- Collector
- Patrick Cornelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Snimnagorta, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Peter Cornelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Snimnagorta, Co. Westmeath
