School: St. Mary's (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Droichead Átha, Co. Lú
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 535
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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.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. - The old House by the Boyne is situated on the Mornington road about one and a quarter miles from Drogheda.
The story is told about a very rich lady by the name of Mrs Harmon who died and her husband was very heartbroken after her death. When she died very valuable rings were left on her fingers. Nobody but the butler knew anything about them. So one night he went to the vault and opened the coffin to take the rings off but he could not.
He got a knife and cut one of the fingers when they was off the blood began to flow and she came to life and got up and walked over to the house and knocked at the door. When her husband(continues on next page)
