School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 317
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- (continued from previous page)the moaning + groaning of the people was frightful. Then he went back into his own room. The next day he met his companion + he asked him how did he get on in the house + he told him what happened. Then his companion told him not to go to the house any more and he said that he would go to see it out + he had a great day but he did not return the next day so they put in the door + they found the man lying at the head of the stairs and the dog at the bottom + both of them dead.
- Billy Byrne
Billy Byrne appeared to Mr Laceys father + he asked him would he tell the people that had his money to pay for Masses. Mr Lacey asked him what state he was in + the man seen a vision + he never got to his feet for two years. (no title)
“If you carry a pack of cards the devil is after you.”
If you carry a pack of cards the devil is after you
