School: Ardkeenan

Location:
Ardkeenan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
John Meares
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 271

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    he heard someone talking inside. He listened to see would he know any of their voices.
    He could hear the words but it seemed to him that it was the one voice that spoke the whole time. He did not see ghosts in that place before as he did not pass that way as late as that before. He looked in over the wall and saw two men sitting down under the wall. They were dressed in white. When they saw him they stopped talking and disappeared. He got a great fright and went very quickly to the nearest house. He had to stay there that night. He did not stay out later than ten o'clock rambling any more.
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  2. There was a man one time who use to be out late rambling.
    One night as he was coming home late. There were a lot of bushes
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Keogh
    Gender
    Female