School: Grangecon
- Location:
- Gráinseach Choinn, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Ss Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 141
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“One day Mr Norton, Knockarig was working in a house and a boy that was working there told him not to sleep in the house but Mr Norton said he would.”
One day Mr. Norton, Knockarig, was working in a house and a boy that was working there told him not to sleep in the house but Mr. Norton said he would. That night he slept in the house. During the night he waked and found the pillows on the ground and he thought he was after doing it himself. He put them right again. Then he heard cans rattling and got up. He looked out through the window. He saw a man. When he got up they boy told him that that man died there.
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“When we came to live in Grange Con at first, we heard that this house was haunted.”
When we came to live in Grance Con at first, we hear that this house was haunted. We were not here very long when we soon founf out that it was the truth. When we used to go to bed at night we could not go to sleep. Steps were heard walking(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sheila Courtney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cnoc Comhraic, Co. Chill Mhantáin