School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 336
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One time a man had a bet with another man that he'd put people in a [? ?] and he got seven straws & went to seven houses & at every house he gave a straw to each one and he told them that if they did not give seven straws to seven more houses that a sickness would come. Then the people were going around all night bumping into each other with their straws. - Billy Byrne appeared back to a man after he been hung & the man wasn't able to speak to him. Billy disappeared again & the man then went into a house and got a glass of(continues on next page)
