School: Coronea, Arva
- Location:
- Corraneary, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Dulchanta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 260
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- There are no strange animals in this part of the country. But sometimes when people are out late at night they meet ghosts. Here is a story I heard about a person who met a ghost at night and he was terrified at the shock.
One very dark night he was whistling a tune to himself going past a wood. Suddenly a terrific sweat came over him and he couldn't move a step. Then he saw a ghostly figure riding a horse sitting straight in his saddle riding past him. the horse was very heavy footed and well caparisoned. They rode past him and they came to a well. The house stopped to take a drink and when he did so the pedestrian saw two big red eyes like big balls of fire in the horse. Then all disappeared again and there was a terrific(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Caffrey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumbess, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- James Burns
- Gender
- Male
