School: Ardkeenan
- Location:
- Ardkeenan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: John Meares
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 243
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago there was a man who loved gambling, on this particular night as he was coming home at a late hour he saw three girls dressed in white and black caps on their heads on the road before him.
When he came near to him he thought they were some of his neighbours who were trying to frightened him. When he was passing them by he said "Good night" but they did not answer him. When he was a few yards passed them he looked back and he saw the three girls running after him. He went to the nearest house and he knocked at the door but nobody opened it to him, he stood knocking for about five minutes, just as he was about to go from the door a girl opened it. She was dressed in white and a black cap on her head(continues on next page)
