Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 3)

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1. The Girl who Went Out to Frighten a Man (continued)

   

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   haunted and that things used be seen by people coming home at night.

   This night anyway the girl said she would frighten him coming home. She got a big white sheet and put it around her and stood out on the passage about the time she thought the lad would be coming. So what do you think happened, but wan [one] of the other men got a sheet and put it around him and went after her.
   Whatever look she gave around she saw the object in white and there she dropped with the fright.
   She was not in the better of it for a long time. She was full sure 'twas a ghost she saw. When she reached the house the Boss asked her what happened her; for she was the colour of death. So she told him the whole story how she went to frighten Pat. Well said the boss I always heard the

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • James Carey