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   over his head. Creghan stepped in and stuck the knife in the ghost.
   The ghost says to Creghan to draw the knife again. I stuck it in says Creghan and let you draw it out.
   "May bad luck fall on your long white tooth" says the ghost to the Banshee. So the ghost died and his blood is on the stone still in the same place. This field belongs to a family called the Mullens.

   

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   Haunted Place Once upon a time three men were digging potatoes in Grange in Co. Sligo. There was an old house near where they were digging. They made up their minds that they would sleep in the old house that night. When they ate their supper they sat down by the fire side to have a chat. While they were talking they heard a

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ruth Burke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloverhill, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Miss P. Burke

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   16

   Address

   Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon