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1. An Experience with a Ghost (continued)

   

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   he came as far as the house the thing jumped off his shoulders. When he felt it gone he cycled as fast as he could until he came to the gate of his own house. When he came as far as it he heard crying at the bush at the end of the hill.
   He did not pretend to hear it, but when he was in half the field he heard beautiful music out at the gate. He left down the bicycle and when he came as far as the gate the music stopped.
   He went away in and brought the bicycle with him and put it into the barn. He came to the back door to go in, and a big box was outside the door. He did not know where the got such box, and he left it where it was. He went to the front door and took the lock of it, and as he went in all the songs and reels he played that night in the melodeon he heard them all again out at the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Philbin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo