School: Dangan (C.) (roll number 7499)

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   was going to open the room that he could not see anybody. He opened the door of the room and in it was a coffin an a big, black hat. He shut the room again and that night they saw a ghost and the hat that they saw in the room in his hand. The priest settled the ghost in a tree and part of the penance was to go to Mass every morning.

   

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2. Ghost Stories Told

   

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   There was a priest buried outside the old chapel in Dangan. Very soon after, the new chapel was built, and the old chapel was a dance hall. One night there was a dance in the old chapel and the people were dancing on top of the priest that was buried outside the chapel door. The next time there was a dance the people saw a ghost where the priest was buried and

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   Topics

   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rosaleen Hughes

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Margaret Duffy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cnoc an Línsigh, Co. na Mí