School: Druim Bréan Lios (roll number 15029)
- Location:
- Drumbreanlis, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eibhlín Nic Ghuidhir
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- (continued from previous page)This was a large and ugley ghost
and wore a grinning smile
It looked like something got between
A shark and crocodileii
And when the monster used to yawn
It had a lonesome croon
And swelled up in the middle like a
thriving young baloon
Its mouth was like a limekiln
And its voice had such a sound
As if rumbling up a hogshead
From some place beneath the groundiii
The master was a modest man
The children liked him well
And why this monster haunted him
Not one on earth could tell
Miss Walker was the first to meet
This lodger when he came
She gave him no reception
She commenced to shout and scream
She ran to where the master sat
Perusing over his books
Upon that branch of learnment
That deals with ghosts and spooks(continues on next page)- Informant
- Johnnie Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coranagh, Co. Leitrim