School: Glendalough
- Location:
- Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 361
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- Once upon a time there was a man, and he used to get his milk in a farm house. One night he went to the house and there was no one in, and he said I will return about eight oclock for the milk for the morning. There were two boys living in this house and they said that they would go to the cross-roads beside a grave to frighten the man when he would be going home. So they put white petticoats on them, and went to the cross-roads, they got in behind the ditch and when they heard a person coming along the road they got out on the middle of the road. When they went out on the road there was a ghost standing on the middle of the road and instead of they frightening the man the ghost frightened them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Ní Bhroin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Phelim Ó Broin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Occupation
- Tiománaí
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
