School: Bun Machan
- Teacher: Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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- Once upon a time three men went birding at night-time. They saw a little robin in a bush. One of the men asked the others would he kill her. "Do" said the man that held the lamp and so they did. After a little while they saw another robin and meant to kill her too. Just then a man with no legs came rushing out of the bush. The men, in great terror, fled from the place. When they reached home they told their story. The people told them that it was not right to kill a robin. It is considered an unlucky thing to do. The men were so frightened that they never afterwards went birding.
- One night a man was coming home from a neighbour's house about twelve o'clock. On his way home he had to pass the ruins of an old house which was haunted. As he drew near the place he thought of all the stories about ghosts he had heard as a boy. Suddenly he heard the noise of an animal(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Coffey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydowane West, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs Coffey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Ballydowane West, Co. Waterford
