School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)and brought the gun with him when he came to the same place he saw that the ghost was still there.
The man fired a shot at the ghost and the ghost disappeared and the man went home
A few nights after when the man was going home and passing the place where he fired the shot at the ghost he fell and after a while he died.
- When the potato crop is ripe and all the stalks are dead the farmer prepares to dig the crop.
First, around this place of Ballyjamesduff, the farmer gathers a few men to dig the potatoes and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Francis Mac Evoy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
