School: Bearna na Gaoithe (B.) Thomastown (roll number 5697)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Haonghusa
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 178
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- A long time ago an old woman hung herself with her apron in the old chapel in Coolagh at the time anybody that would take their own life would not be allowed to be buried in consecrated ground and the people of every district used be on the look out afraid she would be buried in their own land they were driven out of a good many places. All the hills from Windgap to Kilmoganny were woods but they succeeded in burying her in one of the glens in the darkness, a long time afterwards a priest that was in Windgap was coming home from Lamogue and he met her on the road and he had an awful struggle to get away from her, he went the night after with the intention of meeting her again and took a man with him they left Lamogue about the same time as the night before and met her in the place where he met her the night before he had with him holy water a blessed candle and matches he lit the candle and gave it to the other man to hold then he told the other(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Gibbs
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolhill, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- William Gibbs
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Coolhill, Co. Kilkenny
