School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 136

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    alone. He got in to bed. His father was at the window and called him. He got such a fright he got out of bed and ran to the neighbour's house without his clothes. When he called his neighbours they thought he was mad. He told them his father was dead and that he had called him at the window.
    They open the door and he ran in, and would not leave the house that night.
    They sent a messenger to Wicklow to see if the two men arrived there, and news came back that they did not. A search party went out to look for them. The party was out for ten days before they found them. They had passed them several times and could not see them
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Lambert
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolamaddra, Co. Wicklow