School: Beith Mhór (Beaghmore) (roll number 1209)
- Location:
- Beagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 448
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- A Ghost StoryThere was a girl called Nora Treacy spending her Christmas holidays in her uncle's house. Every Christmas Eve (at) night, a white lady appeared and walked round an oak tree three times wringing her hands. On Christmas Eve night, at midnight, Nora went out to see the white lady. The lady beckoned to her; but she was afraid to go. So, every night, she recited the Rosary for the white lady. The next Christmas Eve night, there was a storm, and the oak tree was uprooted. There were two chalices found under it. The white lady was a servant girl of a priest whom he had betrayed in the Penal days.
The priest had only time to bury the chalices under the tree.One time; there were two men going to Bundoran on a horse and car. They were going past a house where there was a wedding. As they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Rose Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumard (Magerraun), Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Edward Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Drumard (Magerraun), Co. Leitrim
