Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 3)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0345
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- Ghost Story - When my Grandmother lived on the mountain, when she was a little girl. They had a little place and they used to keep a few sheep. She had another sister, her name was Julie. Herself and Julie used to go every night to milk the sheep. They used to drive 'em into a corner and milk 'em there. When they'd come home they used boil the milk and throw a drop of sour milk through it to crack it and they'd have it for their supper.
This night Nan couldn't go and Julie had to go alone. She didn't like going alone and she was crying over it.
The field where they had the sheep was a lios they called it the lios field. So began when she got to the field she didn't know what to do to stop the sheep. She sat down near the lios and twasn't long 'til she heard the grandest music you ever heard inside in the lios, 'twas like a concertina was playing. after a time the music stopped and she got up, and she found 'twas dark, or nearly dark. "In the name of God" says she, "what'll I do to stop 'em?" and she cried and cried there. With that she saw a fine young(continues on next page)
