School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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“One night a man was returning from a public-house. ...”
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- Teresa Dooley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
- Informant
- William Steele
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Glebe, Co. Laois
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“One night an old woman was mending stockings in the kitchen. ...”
One night an old woman was mending stockings in the kitchen,
This happened in Monach. She heard a voice at the window saying its time for you to be in bed. She was frightened and ran up stairs to bed. In a minute she heard awful noise like as if furniture was being tossed but nothing was disturber. She went upstairs and heard the same noise again. In the morning everything was the same as ever.