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his brother was drowning and James swan over and dived down under him and pushed him over the water and on to the bank. When he had him on the bank he fell back into the water and James leaped in after him and pushed him out on the bank again and carried him home. Then James brother said "I owe my life to James Stephson because only for him I would be drowned.
There were many great story tellers in Toneywarden but the best one was Patrick Harte and he lived about 80 years ago. He told stories about the Fenians ghosts, fairys and about the Danes. He told the following story about a ghost. Once upon a time I was in Drumshambo and I was coming home an old road outside the town one night and I met a black man with a carriage and two horses he was going at very quick speed and I went into the town and told all the people what I had seen. After that there wer all afraid to go that road after six o clock. There came a new guard to the town and he heard of the ghost.
his brother was drowning and James swan over and dived down under him and pushed him over the water and on to the bank. When he had him on the bank he fell back into the water and James leaped in after him and pushed him out on the bank again and carried him home. Then James brother said "I owe my life to James Stephson because only for him I would be drowned.
There were many great story tellers in Toneywarden but the best one was Patrick Harte and he lived about 80 years ago. He told stories about the Fenians ghosts, fairys and about the Danes. He told the following story about a ghost. Once upon a time I was in Drumshambo and I was coming home an old road outside the town one night and I met a black man with a carriage and two horses he was going at very quick speed and I went into the town and told all the people what I had seen. After that there wer all afraid to go that road after six o clock. There came a new guard to the town and he heard of the ghost.