School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 275
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- (continued from previous page)One night Bille Brennan wa going home after a ramble. He met a small dog who trotted around him, and became big. At last it became as big as a calf and then disappeared. The next morning Bill went to the priest and told him the story. The priest said that if Bill had touched the dog it would meet him somewhere else and kill him.A ghost was seen on the Crutt road one night, by a man who was with a crowd. He jumped aside and was shivering. One of the men went to him and asked him what had happened. He told him that he had seen a man with blood on his hands and face. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Close
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloneen, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mike Close
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Cloneen, Co. Kilkenny
