School: Árd-chill
- Location:
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonalláin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 157
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- (continued from previous page)fire, they were hit on the head with red-wig turf; and there were no red-wig turf about the house.
The occupants of the house could never get butter off any churning. One night all the strong men gathered to the house to churn. They closed all the air spaces in the house even the key-hole. They started to churn. After some time a clock crept over the floor and under the churn; they then fainted one by one, and the door had to be opened, and they abandoned the work.
They then sent for Father John Murray who was C.C. in Drumkilly at the time. He settled the ghost in the "Marl hole" between the froth and the water. Ever afterwards there is light seen at the "Marl hole".
- Collector
- Thomas M. Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
