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   “There was a man who went to ramble every night. ...”

   

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   There was a man who went to ramble every night.He was out very late. One night his brother said he would frighten him. He put a white sheet around him and stood on a pier of a gate. When the man came along he said; "Look at the two lads laughing at one another." The other man got frightened and it was he had to be taken home after.

   

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   “There was a man rambling one night at this side of the Nore...”

   

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   There was a man rambling one night at this side of the Nore and lost his way. He was going around fields one whole night. He never remembered to got over a hedge, But in the morning he found himself in Rushall Castle. He had to cross the Nore and the Tonnet and he never remembered to cross them.

   

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   “One a man lived in Shanderry. ...”

   

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   One a man lived in Shanderry. One night he was out late rambling when he went into his house there was a candle lighting on the table. There was a white woman sitting at the fire. He thought it was the servant and he said.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mai Galvin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Cappaghnahoran or Windsor, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Patrick Galvin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Cappaghnahoran or Windsor, Co. Laois