School: Faithlegg (C.), Portláirge (roll number 11615)
- Location:
- Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Mary J. Brazil
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A Story
“Once upon a time when my two uncles were fishing they were near a quay called the 13 arm quay and they saw an object in a field above it.”
Some ghost stories are very chilling. I heard this story from my uncles some time ago. Once upon a time when my two uncles were fishing they were near a quay called the Barn quay and they saw an object in a field above it, it was in the shape of a horse. It came to the edge of the cliff and turned into a man and he jumped down over the cliff and he knocked a great portion of it. My uncle’s stayed watching him and he turned into a horse again and was coming towards them and the object disappeared and my uncles went away and they saw the horse on the other side of the river. They got such a fright that they never went near that quay again. That story happened many years ago.
- Collector
- Statia Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford