School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)
- Location:
- Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs E. Jordan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 347
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- (continued from previous page)the ghost went up the chimney. He got caught in a pipe going out and when there was a big fire put down the smoke blew him out of the chimney.
In another house in Boyle there are too rooms shut and there is supposed to be a ghost in them.
- The Irish people believed in the leprachauns. If they caught one they would be rich ever after, he was supposed to be always guarding a pot of gold. If you were lucky enough to catch him you would have to keep your eye on him. If you looked away from him he would disappear. The leprachaun is a small man about nine inches high. He(continues on next page)
