A Ghost Story

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Bernie Duffy, James Gormley

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“Once there lived a rat and a weasel in a bog. The rat thought if he could kill the weasel he would have the whole bog to himself and the weasel thought the same thing...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Lynda Shannon

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“Once I heard a story from a man who dreamed of a pot of gold which was supposed to be hidden in the ruins of an old castle beside a lake...”

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James Gormley

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“One day long ago two men went to cut meadow with scythes. They cut away for a while until they came to a weasel's nest where there were four young weasels...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley

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“Once there lived a man named Michael James in Roscommon. He was in great need of money, as he had a big family to rear...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Lynda Shannon

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“Once two men went away to look for work. They walked until their shoes were worn to the uppers, and they were very hungary but could find no work...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Thomas Dowd

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“Once two men went over to England in search of work. They got no work the first day and the night fell on them, they had no place to sleep...”

CBÉS 0249

Brian Dowd, James Gormley

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“Once a boy fell in with two robbers. Now there lived near those robbers a man who was very rich...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Lynda Shannon

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“A number of years ago an old witch that was called Jenny of the Hills, lived on one of the Cregga hills in the parish of Kiltrustan in the Co Roscommon...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Laurence Shannon

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“Once upon a time there lived a robber in the parish of Kiltrustan in the Co Roscommon named Pat O Hare...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Laurance Shannon

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“Once there lived a woman in Carrowkeel named Biddy Elwood in the parish of Creeve in the Co Roscommon who had a lot of butter...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley

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“Once there lived a man and his wife in Clooneybrennan in the parish of Elphin in the Co Roscommon who had a good many cows and supplied a good many people in the town with butter...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Michael Gormley

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A Cure

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley

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Cure of a Mad Dog's Bite

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Martin Kearns

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A Lone Bush

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Martin Kearns

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“Once there were hunters hunting on the Creeve hills in the Co Roscommon. All the dogs ran after a hare...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, James Mc Glynn

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“Once a caretaker of a Protestant Church tied a goat in the Church. He went and told the parson that the devil was in the Church...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Thomas Dowd

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“One night a man named Thomas Dowd of Cummeen Elphin in the Co Roscommon was coming home from a dance. It was very late and he had to go through the fields...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Thomas Dowd

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“Once upon James Gormley of Cummeen Elphin in the Co Roscommon dreamed of a hidden treasure. The treasure was supposed to be a pot of gold...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley

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“A number of years ago just after Frank Mc Govern setting up in Creeve in Co Roscommon. He had the shop stocked with everything that could be in a shop...”

CBÉS 0249

James Gormley, Martin Kearns

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