School: Cill Ruadháin (roll number 7088)
- Location:
- Lisgarode, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Floinn
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- In this parish there is a house which is supposed to be haunted by a black woman. Here is a story about it.
One night (their) there was a man and his wife and children sitting down by the fire. Suddenly they heard a loud knock at the door. At that time a man by the name of Red Tom used to come rambling to them every night. The man said to his wife, "This is Red Tom coming, go up and open the door".
One of the children got up to open the door but before she had time to open it a black woman lifted the latch and came in. She knocked the child down, walked across the kitchen and disappeared out the back door without saying a word. People say that it was because the house was built on a path. - Transcription guide »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.
- Collector
- Imelda O' Meara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickaneagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Winnie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Graigue Upper, Co. Tipperary