School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 192
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- One night a man was cycling home from his work. As he passed by an iron-gate, a ghost ran out from the gate, and knocked the man off bicycle. The man got afraid, and he ran home with his bicycle. The ghost was dressed in white, he had a white coat, and a white hat, and white shoes. Every night he used to be at the gate, and when anyone would be going by he would run out after them.
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
- The cure for a wart is to get a hairy maggot, and let him creep over you fifteen times, and bless yourself three times.The cure for a prod of a thorn is to go to, Mrs Dunne. She would put unsalted butter on it and bless the butter when she is putting it on. She would give you some of it to bring home with you.
