School: Drumrora
- Location:
- Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 426
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- (continued from previous page)at the door and was crushing it in. When the people opened the door the street was full of Bean Side and more of then were on the top of a shed.III
There was a grave opened in the old graveyard at Crosserlough sometime ago along the road. There was to be a body buried in it the next day.There was a man that used to go to the town every night to take a drink and he had to pass by the graveyard. And two boys said that they would give him a fright coming back. One of them wrapped himself up in a sheet and when they found him coming one of them sat down in the grave and began to cry "I cannot rest" "I cannot rest". The man stood up on the road and said "I might as well go in and see what is wrong with the poor fellow". When he went in he saw a white thing in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Joe Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crosserlough, Co. Cavan
