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From: "Kerry Kate" <>
Subject: [KER] Ballyduff area/sad story
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:13:45 -0700


http://www.kerryseye.com/
click on link to Graveyard Vandals

My grandfather is buried in Rahealy in Ballyduff.
Deeply disturbing story. to those of us with Ballyduff roots.

Changed days for sure.
As children we would visit our family grave site, (Rath Tralee)and more
often than not, one of the siblings would dare each other to a game of hide
and seek. (we were about 10 ten)
I would usually chicken out. Too scared to see bones, and open
old tombs. (this is way way back, and graveyard is now very well taken care
of) present-day.
The dare meant running through the oldest part of the graveyard where the
old tombs were. It was a dark lonely path,, full of brambles, weeds, but not
for a moment would we have thought of touching or in any way
disturbing any stones or tombs. In fact, we were given out to, by our
parents, if we even stepped on a possible grave area.

KerryKate


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