School: Garrowhill, Longford (roll number 10344)

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1. A Folklore Story

   

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   A Folklore Story My father told me this story as follows:- A few years ago a man was going to midnight Mass in Newtownforbes. When he was going to a place called the swallow-hole,- an old swamp by the roadside - he heard a lot of splashing and the next thing he saw was a man dressed in white coming out of the swamp towards him. The man on the road said "good night" but he got no answer. They walked on as far as the convent corner and then the man disappeared. The other man was terrified. He walked on as far as the chapel and went into it. During Mass he got weak, when he thought of the ghost that had accompanied him along the road. He had to be carried home that morning and he was not the better of the fright for a week after. Bernard O'Sullivan, Creenagh, Longford.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bernard O' Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Críonach, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Mr O' Sullivan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Críonach, Co. an Longfoirt

2. A Folklore Story

   

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   One night a man was coming off his celidhe late in the night, and on his way home he had to pass an orchard in the townland of Currygranny and parish of Clonguish, County Longford. When he came

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