School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta
- Location:
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gormáin
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- (continued from previous page)He went asked a job of them. They gave him a job and he did as much work as the crowd of men in one hour. He was working away for a week or so and he used notice a carriage leaving a big house every evening. He inquired of the men why the carriage used leave the house every evening. They told him that the house was haunted and anyone that would sleep in the house would get a hundred pounds. Denny agreed to sleep there. They went to the man of the house and told him they had a man to sleep in the house. The man was delighted to hear that there was a man to sleep in the house. Early that evening they got ready and tackled up their horses to supply Denny with turf for the night. He got plenty of bacon and cabbage, whiskey and tobacco. When they had Denny supplied for the night the man locked the door and left Denny alone in the house. Denny got ready his supper of potatoes, meat and cabbage. When Denny sat down to the table to eat his supper a man's leg was flung down the chimney beside him. He took the leg(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Aichir
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Seán Ó hAichir
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
