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  1. Another Haunted House

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    Near Morette Castle is the ruins of a chapel and in the house near the ruins lived a Protestant family named Wilkinson. In this house there is a room called "The Blue Room". Every night at the same time a ghost called the "Black Lady" comes to this room. When the Wilkinsons lived in the house, they could not sleep in this room. When they left a Catholic family came to live in it. They got a Mass said in that room and after they could sleep
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Phaor
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Julia Power
    Gender
    Female