School: An Píce (The Pike, Shinrone)

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Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dúibheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 080

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 080

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    residence of the owner of the Hill there used to be a huge monster in the form of a man with a white scarf around his neck. He had frightened many. One night an employee of the owner off the Hill was out later on his masters business. This monster appeared to him he told his master and would not go home unless he came with him. His master went withe him and took a gun. He came to the gate and there was the monster ghost. His mother fired and the ghost flew and luckily not shot as it was his masters horse with a white face and this is the way ghosts are seen.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Dick Gardiner
    Gender
    Male