Tag: Fear
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The Piper’s Tale
Many long years ago there was a man living in the village of Derrytrask, whom many considered to be a bit of an ‘eejit’. To prove their view of the man, they would point to the way he was demonstratively fond of music but had never been able to learn to play more than one…
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The Priest’s Ghost
An Old Irish Tale It is often said that a sad tale is best told in winter, and one winter’s evening as I sat by the hearth of a blazing turf fire, I heard the following ghostly tale. But there was certain credibility about this story because of the way it was told to us…
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A Midnight Funeral
An Irish Mystery “Ah, would you ever be quiet?” the old man in the corner shouted as we were in the middle of discussing strange stories we had heard. “Would you ever believe this?” “Would I believe what?” I asked him. “I’ll tell you a true story that I heard from the man’s own mouth.…