School: Cuan an Bhainigh (Bannow)

Location:
Carrick, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Tomás Breatnach

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but they thought it was the wind.

The man, who was holding the bag felt a heavy weight on his back and wasn't able to speak. The other man caught him and shook hm. He got alright. They all ran home and never went there anymore.

Once there was a woman named Brigid Wall and she had charge of closing the chapel doors.
One night she was late closing the doors and she brought her son with her. When she was closing the doors she looked up the Chapel and saw a priest saying Mass and she got a great fright. She went home and she died in a few months.

Informant
John Ryan
Gender
male
Age
45
Address
Bannow Moor, Co. Wexford
Language
English