School: Killoughternane, Borris
- Location:
- Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 133
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- One night as John Kelly of Rathanna was coming home riding a horse from Wexford, he saw a Ghost in front of him on the road, The horse went mad, because the ghost used to hit the horse like a whip, from the time, He came from Wexford till he came home.
When they came home, the man saw the ghost at the door, and when the man opened the door, the ghost went in. The man got the gun. When the ghost saw him getting the gun, he went out, and stood in the yard. The man out a silver sixpence in the gun, and fired at the ghost, and shot him.
When he went out in the morning,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maurice Donohue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seskin, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Thomas Doran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seskin, Co. Carlow
