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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 432

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    There was a man and he lived about two miles away from here. There was another man and he used to ramble about a quarter of a mile away from home. The other man said he would frighten the other man. It was about ten o'clock he got a big white cloth and put it over his head and jumped out on the road just as the man was passing and the other man gave a big roar and ran down the road. The other man went home and the next night a man dressed in black jumped out in the very place as where he jumped out the night before and the man that went to frighten the other got more of a fright.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janie King
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tom King
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Eaglehill, Co. Carlow