School: Tuar Árd, Áth Treasna (roll number 8893)
- Location:
- An Tuar Ard, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 288
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- (continued from previous page)where the water was coming. That black thing was a ghost, it is said that ghosts cannot cross water, that is why the ghost left him when he came to the water.
- Three men were coming from a card-play one night. On their way home they had to cross by a lime-kiln. When they were coming towards it, they heard a door opening in the kiln and they saw a woman walk out. They did not speak to her. Next night the same thing happened. The third night they went and told the priest what had happened. He told them to go to that place the next night and when she would come out to make a ring around themselves with holy water and ask her "In the name of God. What she wanted."
But when they had the ring made around them they could not speak. So at length(continues on next page) - Collector
- Timothy O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc Spiúnán, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Richard O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc na Sceiche, Co. Chorcaí
