School: Bracknagh (2)
- Location:
- Bracknagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giobúin
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An old story
One time there was a woman, and her son was after dying, this night she went to pray over his grave. She was old and she brought a stick with her. When she reached his grave she caught her shawl with the stick and fell into a grave. At twelve o'clock her other two sons went to look for her. When they saw her white shawl they thought it was a ghost and ran home again. The next morning they went to look for her again and they got in the grave dead.
James Conlon,
Parkmeen,
Rathangan,
Offaly
Got from
Mrs Mary OGrady,
Clonshannon,
Rathanagan,
Offaly.
- Collector
- James Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Parkmeen, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Mary O' Grady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonshannon, Co. Offaly
- There was a man one time and he had a son. When the son was about sixteen years of age he used go to a neighbouring house to mitch every(continues on next page)
