School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 409
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - It is said that on every Christmas Eve a big black dog with fiery eyes and chains hanging from his ears walks down from Mr Neale's old ruined house (which is about quarter of a mile away from my home) and a very tall person dressed in white leading him.
If anyone passes that way after midnight the man lets go the lead and the dog pounces on him and tears him with his teeth.
Also a coach with no horses drawing it and no man driving it goes making a terrible rumbling noise like thunder down an old avenue which is near Neaale's dwelling house and disappears over a wall at the end of the avenue.(continues on next page)
