School: Kyle (An Chill) (roll number 4442)
- Location:
- Kyle, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
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- (continued from previous page)nights rest but you will not get the third.At the time of the famine a man was living in Ballyglassin and he died of starvation. He was not buried but he was thrown into a hole. After a few years a big house was built in the district and every night a big man with a cloak thrown over his shoulders was seen walking along the road and he disappeared when he went to the turn of the road.A few years ago a man was coming home from his friends house and as he came near a gate which was locked it opened and closed three times. Long ago a man was doing something by the fire and he heard a noise and three knocks at the door but no one came in.Long ago a man was shot off his horse in Boreen Cleire and one night a woman was coming home late and she heard the trot of a horse and she waited for half an hour but the horse or the rider did not come around the turn.Long ago Protestants lived in Burgess and when a member of the family died her Ghost was seen sitting on a heap of stones opposite her own gate. At that time the Coaches were used going to parties and at a certain time each night the coach stopped at the hall-door and when the servant opened the door there was no one there and she could hear the horses galloping down the yard.One night a man was coming from Youghal and when he turned up the boreen he saw a dog as big as a donkey. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Landers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockmonalea West, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Knockmonalea West, Co. Cork