Volume: CBÉ 0265

Date
1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0415

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0415

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    thought he would never get out with a light to see what was up outside but when he went out there was nothing wrong. After a while he didn't get up at all to see what the noise was but it came up the stairs & into his room. The next day he went to the priest to lay it. The next day the Parish Priest & the Curate came to the house & they started at the bottom of the stairs & they prayed up along. When they were halfway up the P.P. had to give the book to the curate to read & let Billy carry the candle. When they went up to the room the priest called the spirit up through the floor. After a while it came up like a bulls head. The priest told it to go no further & the spirit asked him not to leave
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Location
    Kilcarney Upper, Co. Wicklow