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1. Kilfane's Haunted House (continued)

   

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   in due time. On entering in he noticed the black cat lying near his master's chair. He began to play and soon noticed that it was by the aid of the black cat that he won every game. At midnight when the game ended and the cat was about to leave the room the priest jumped up and stepped in front of it and then from his coat pocket he drew a bottle of holy water and a prayer book. Then he placed his hat on the wall and his cane in a corner of the room near the window. Then he began to sprinkle the holy water and to read from his prayer book. As he read the black cat became bigger and bigger and then disappeared through the ceiling in a terrible fury, leaving a large opening which can be seen to the present day. Many carpenters have tried to mend it but their work was all in vain because no sooner was the hole closed than the wood crumbled away in dust.

   

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   John Grogan

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   Faiche na mButaí, Co. Chill Chainnigh