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eturned to ask that the deck boards he stole be returned to their ri&htful owner. 215
Somctimes ghosts arc seen but no contact is made. as this narrative from Colliers
demonstrates.
Lots ofthose things. old wrinkles. There was one time me father was
coming from Cut Throat one night. He heard somebody throw down a turn
of lumber over the bank and there's no one li\'ing within a half mile ofiL
lie heard it right plain when they throwed a lurn of lumber down over the
bank. Could be a sign ofsomething.
I heard ed Trahey say. even in the Run ofT Shell Island "here they lived.
they saw a woman on the island. There was no one on the island in the
meantime but they saw a woman.!16
Despite these sightings. Tom was nol worried about ghosts. lie and Uncle Jimmy
Doyle had an unusual pastime for Catholic men.
We used 10 be going around digging up graves down thercol11)'sclfand
Uncle Jimmy. Pirates's graves. Me and Jimmy with a piece. over in the
Run there was graves. Kind ofreddish hair - was just as fresh as the day it
was buried - all that was therc except for the box. 111e box. the board was
still good in Ihe bog. 217
Olher beliefs include Ihose associated wilh vessels and lucky and unlucky days.
Greta Ilusscy's falher would never launch a boal on Friday but always on a Saturday ifhc
'" MUNl'LA. ms.. 76-335. p. 38.
". MUNFLA 86-013. C8678.
217 Ibid.
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