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   “There were two sisters lived in Raheen near Adamstown.”

   

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   the wicked sister was dead, having cut her throat with a penknife. So her sister and her husband went to the house and buried her,, and took whatever furniture and belongings they had at the young man's home and brought them there and settled down to live in it.
   One night the man himself was in town and his wife was at home sick in the bed. When the man was coming home, just coming into his own gates, he heard awful screams and growling as of a dog coming from the house. He ran his best in the direction of the house and the screams and growls were getting louder. He broke open the door with a blow of his fist he was in such a hurry, and rushed into his wife's room and just as he entered

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Tomás de Buitléir