School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

Location:
Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 316

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  1. Haunted House
    Once upon a time there were two men in Dublin + they seen a house to be let and one of them knew that the house was haunted and he said to the other man that the house was haunted and the other man was anxious to know what way a house would be haunted. He said he would go and stay in it for a week and the other man wanted him not to attempt to go but the man went. In the middle of the night a beautiful lady came into the room + said "Come down + have lunch" + he said "No" She then went out of the room and after a while she came back in and said that he would have to go and he went down stairs and he seen a lot of people and they asked him to have some lunch and he said alright but that he would have to say the grace before meals + when he said that the lights went out +
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