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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 130

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    called “ghouls” who used to sell them to hospitals for experimenting and finding out different diseases. It is said that they came with rubber tyred traps and had their horses shod with rubber and they always came out at midnight.
    There are these vaults in Drumholm graveyard and the remains of the old church is still standing.
    One day, two young men went to steal apples. Whey they were coming home, they went into a graveyard to share the apples and they began, “two for you and two for me.” While this was happening, the rector’s boy was going past the graveyard and he told the rector he hear God and the devil sharing the bodies.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Roland Greene
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Donegal