School: Listellick, Tráighlí

Location:: Lios Teilice Thuaidh, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:

Mode:

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0442, Page 212

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.
Download

Report a problem to eolas@duchas.ie

Let us know if you see incorrect or inappropriate information here.

Notice and Action Policy Statement

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

Funny Stories and Ghost Stories (continued)

Share Share Post

(continued from previous page)

poor Irish man "I bet you never saw a rick as big as that in Ireland." "I saw ricks" said the Irish man and your rick would not make a súgán for one of them" - did you ever hear tell of the Magillicuddy Ricks (Reeks) in Kerry.

Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
History Edit
Funny Stories and Ghost Stories

Share Share Post

You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

Long ago there was a house with a tree growing in front of it. Always on "All Saints' Night" there used to be a ghost seen running around the tree dressed in white and it used to be roaring. One of the girls from the near by house said that she woud watch it so she went out this night and watched and some time in the night she saw the ghost. She got afraid when she saw the ghost, so she made off in home and straight into bed. That night she had a dream that the ghost asked her to pray for her. She told the rest of the house [?] about her experience and about her dream, so they all offered up the rosary for the poor ghost. Some time after there was a terrible wild night, and this tree in front of the house was knocked down, when some of the people of the house went out to the felled tree the following morning they discovered a lovely chalice near where it stood. This chalice was there since the [?]s
(continues on next page)

Cancel
Transcription guide »
By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
Topics
1. gníomhairí (~1)
  neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
Language

English
Informant
Mrs O Shea
Gender

Female
Age

66
Address

Lios Teilice Thuaidh, Co. Chiarraí