School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)

Location:
Maigh Oirthir, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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  1. Long ago, when an old person was sick it was night when the priest was nearly always sent for. One night, as a priest was going to a sick person, he saw something inside the ditch of the road. He went to the sick person and he brought a boy from the house with him because he would not pass the place again.
    When they came to the spot the priest was taken from the car and carried inside the ditch. After a while he came out again and he told the boy that a voice spoke and told him, not to come that road alone again.
    Another night, when the priest was called, he had to go to the chapel for the Blessed Sacrament. He took the clerk with him because he was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. scéalta (~478)
        1. scéalta cráifeacha (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Culhane
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Walshe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Liatroim Thoir, Co. Chiarraí