School: Cruimghlinn (roll number 15967)
- Location:
- Cromghlinn, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Conchobhair
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A Story
“A few years ago, a girl was coming home from a Wake alone”
A few years ago, a girl was coming home from a wake alone, at about three oclock in the morning. She had to travel through a long lonely road.
As she was coming near a hollow in the road, she saw a woman passing her out. When she went home, she told her mother to open the door and let her in. Then she told her about what she had seen and that night twelve months she was dead.It is said by the old people that no one should ever come home alone from a wake, they should try and have company with them.
- Collector
- Delia Grimes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cromghlinn, Co. Mhaigh Eo