School: Grangecon
- Location:
- Grange Con, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Ss Ó Maoláin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 136
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Grangecon
- XML Page 136
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title) (continued)
“In the same house there lived a girl. One day she went out behind the house to pick flowers.”
Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.(no title)
“This man who was named Cardiff, lived in Ballyhook. That was about eighty years ago.”
This man who was named Cardiff lived in Ballyhook. That was about eighty years ago. He lived in the house where Mr. Kavanagh now lives. He owned that big estate in Ballyhook and was very rich. He lived there for a long time, with his friends and servants. At last he hanged himself somewhere in the wood around the house. This man is supposed to come as a ghost and haunt the house where he used to live. He is supposed to sleep in an old bin, that used to be in his barn. This bin was sold at Mr. Crawley's auction. We have the bin in our barn now. Since we got the bin we did not see any ghosts.(continues on next page)