School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 327
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- Once upon a time two engine men went one night with a engine about ten o'clock. The farmer had only four room[s] and one of them was haunted. The farmer's wife put blankets on the bed and she gave the men their supper. In about an hour after the men went to bed and they were not in it ten minutes when the blankets were pulled off them. "The curse of hell on you who ever you are" said one of them. They lit a lamp and settled the bed clothes and after that they heard [the heard] the pictures rattling on the wall and after that the[y] heard a scream and on the minute after the clothes were pulled off them again. They lit the lamp the second time and dressed themselves and went down to the kitchen and they slept at the fire.
- Collector
- Michael Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyteigelea, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Ryan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyteigelea, Co. Carlow
