School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

Location:
Callainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 084

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    touring that part of the country, and they would not believe that this house was haunted.
    These two students agreed one night to stay in the house to see for themselves. They brought sufficient food and drink to the house for their stay. One of the students happened to arrive at the house before the other student, and he had the fire lighting in the house and he sitting down waiting for his fellow student.
    After a while he heard footsteps coming which he took to be his fellow student. The man came in and the two of them sat down at the fire eating and drinking and they enjoyed themselves immensely. After a few hours enjoyment one of them drewe down the subject about the haunted house in which they were in. With that the man who
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamon Cass
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