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  1. Tales - Boy Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Was

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    Once upon a time there lived a very wealthy man who owned a haunted castle. He was very anxious to know what was the cause of it being haunted as he knew it had something to do with a buried treasure.
    Anyone that wanted lodging he would put them in this castle. But everyone he would put in it would be found dead in the morning.
    There was another man who never got a fright nor he didn't know what to be afraid was.
    So he went to the wealthy man and asked him could he stay in the castle all night.
    "Begor you can" said the wealthy man "but there were twentyfour men went in it and they were dead in the morning".
    "So you will be the twentyfifth man, and if you will be alive in the morning I will give you a hundred pounds".
    "Begon I bet you will" says the man. So he went off to the castle and the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39
    Address
    Ralph, Co. Wexford