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1. A Ghost Story (continued)

   

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   He was going up stairs again when he heard the noise again and came back but still he could see nothing. This continued for three succeeding nights. On the third night he came down and saw the figure of a woman. He said "Who is that?" but got no answer. He asked again, and the figure replied "I am the woman to whom this house belongs, and what takes you here." The figure them disappeared. Next night there was no noise and the figure was neither heard nor seen since.

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2. A Ghost Story

   

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   Once upon a time there lived a man in the gaunt old ruins of a big house in the district os Skryne, Co. Meath. When he died the banshee was heard crying.
   The night after his death a neighbour was passing by, and he heard a moaning cry. He went to fetch a lamp, and returning accompanied by two other men a terrible sight met their eyes. They saw a woman dressed in white. Her eyes shot fire and in

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