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1. Old Legends and Stories (continued)

   

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   bearing his master in his usual condition in the creel. They took him out, untacked the jennet, took the creel and wheels from the car which they then took in "side-ways" through the door of the haunted house and then re-assembled car and creel tacked the jennet to it and replaced the owner in the creel. They then remained around the road for some hours. When the inebriated regained his senses he almost died with fright when he saw he was in the haunted house and could not understand how the jennet and car could come through an ordinary door. He did not attempt to take out the jennet and car as to his dulled, stupid mind such would he absolutely impossible. He ran out of the house, pale as death with cold sweat running down his face and met the boys on the road. He told them what happened and was almost in a state of collapse with fright. They told him that he was bound to meet with that fate and that as far as they could see he was now doomed; that the only was of saving him from perdition was to appeal for help to the new C C who they said had great "power". The now distracted man made off as quickly as he could for the C C;s residence. He begged of the C C to keep him from the grip of the powers of darkness. At first the C C to punish him refused to do anything for him as he heard (as he told him) he turned a deaf ear to all the previous priests of the parish The unfortunate man fell on his knees and implored the C C to help him. He solemnly promised (Taking The Total Abstinence pledge) the C C if he did that he would never at this side of the grave raise a glass to his lips. The C C then told him to go back and that the evil spirits had now no further hold on him or his property - that - he would meet his jennet and car (which the boys had taken out of the haunted house in the meantime - being part of the plan) coming down the road against him. The story goes that henceforth the man became a model of temperance and virtue and died an exemplary death.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Miss Peggy Flanagan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   88

   Address

   Knock, Co. Clare