School: Kilskeer (B.) (roll number 1421)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Máirtín Ó Loingsigh R. Ó Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)experience and they arranged to accompany him next night, and ask her why she troubled the man.
They set out, and when they came near the place he calleld out, that he could see her standing by the tree, and his two comrades ran away as fast as was possible leaving him alone. When they went a short distance they got sorry and decided to go back. When they went back they found him there, and they asked him if he still saw her. He said she is still standing there, so they brought him up to her and he asked why she troubled him.
She said she owed a sum of money in a shop in Delvin and she would not be happy until it was paid. He got it paid and she never was seen anymore.
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Grane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Meath
