School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
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- (continued from previous page)some ghostly boatman is ever rowing to and fro over our picturesque little lake.
- (continued from previous page)if the old custom remains.
But the strangest part of that story has to come. Right opposite where th muder was committed, two lone bushes grew - five or six yards from each other but still called the "lone bushes"
The people of the locality say that a strange sight is often seen on those lone bushes at midnight. A wake is frequently held there - I mean a dead body laid out with sheets draped all round these bushes and candles lighted beside it. The dead body is a young girl's.
