School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 416
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“About twenty years ago there was a little thatched house in Creggan wood about a quarter of a mile from our house.”
About twenty years ago there was a little thatched house in Creggan wood about a quarter of a mile from our house. It was owned by Jack Armstrong and his wife who are both dead.
Every night about nine o'clock a little woman came to the window and sat there on the sill for ten minutes. One very stormy night she came to the door and begged for shelter. Mrs. Armstrong said "We keep no lodgers."
Then the little woman walked away, shook her head and said nothing. About half an hour later Mrs. Armstrong went upstairs and when she came down the little woman was sitting in the corner.
When Jack came in form raking she disappeared. The ruins of the old house are sill in existence. It is haunted until this day.
- Informant
- William Magee
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Creggan, Co. Donegal