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It is said that while an officer was fighting with his wife caught her and threw her down three flights of stairs and killed her dead.

Abstract: Story collected by Patrick Mc Govern, a student at Seosamh Naomhtha school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Jim Munday.

Original reference: 1028/1/56

 Seosamh Naomhtha [Vol. 1028, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Donegal Schools

COLLECTOR
Govern, Patrick Mc 
Gender
male
Location
Inishmacsaint (Civil parish) 
Tirhugh (Barony) 
Donegal (County) 
INFORMANT
Munday, Jim 
Relation
non-relative
Gender
male
Age
24
Location
Inishmacsaint (Civil parish) 
Tirhugh (Barony) 
Donegal (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Seosamh Naomhtha  [duchas:4389037]

It is said that while an officer was fighting with his wife caught her an threw her down three flights of stairs and killed her dead. He ran down and caught her but she was dead. He carried her up the stairs and while doing so some of the blood fell upon them. It is said that she appears one night in the year dressed all in green. He locked her in a room. The blood stains still remain on the stairs and no matter what is done it cannot be taken off them. That is why she is called the green lady.

Resource description

Origin information
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 52
Volume 1028
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
Informant location
Ballyshannon Béal Átha Seanaidh Ballyshannon Inishmacsaint Tirhugh Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4476499
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1028/1/56

Suggested credit
"It is said that while an officer was fighting with his wife caught her and threw her down three flights of stairs and killed her dead."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4476499>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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