School: Cill an Mhuilinn, Malla (roll number 15903)
- Location:
- Killavullen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Magner
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- This man was going down the old road from Ballygriffin to Killavullen one night. It was a grand moonlight night in winter and it was about seven o'clock.
He had not gone far when he saw a priest reading a prayer book. This priest was dead and the man knew him quite well. When he saw the priest he got such a fright that the hair stood on his head and his cap fell off. When he recovered the priest had vanished and he continued his journey.
But after a few days the hair began to fall off(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs Reas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monanimy Lower, Co. Cork