School: Cúlach (roll number 13349)
- Location:
- Coolagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Conraoi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0017
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- There was once an old man who lived in a little cabin by himself. one night some men decided to go in and raid him. When they went in they demanded his money but he refused. Then one man fired a shot at him and killed him. When heh was dying his last words were "I'll have revenge"
The house was then left without anyone living in it. The landlord then said he would give the house to whoever would sleep in it for three nights. At length and old man volunteered to do it. The first night he heard a sound. The second night he heard it again. The third night the ghost appeared. The old man said to him "what do you want". The ghost said "follow me" They came to the kitchen and the ghost raised a flag (stone) from the hearth and there was the gold. The ghost told him to take the gold and he also gae the names of the murderers. When the man was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patricia Broderick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Kilbeg, Co. Galway
