School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
- Location:
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 230
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- Outside Templemore in a place called Killea, a row of new houses were built, in which before a Butler family lived in.
This Butler family was a bad one as Mr. Butler himself was a minister. Those new people who were living in it were terribly tormented as all day and all night laughter was heard in the house.
Some people got frightened and left the houses, and only a woman and her son remained. One evening as the son was coming from his work, he saw his mother lying on the floor in a faint. After some time she revived, and she told him she saw Butler, and he laughing at her. They left the house and no one lived in it since.
- Collector
- Geraldine Mc Craith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Pearse Street, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Michael Mc Craith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 45
- Occupation
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Pearse Street, Co. Tipperary
