School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 188
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“Long ago the old people dreaded the late hours of night very much.”
Long ago the old people dreaded the late hours of night very much. In case they might meet with ghosts or spirits as we are told they were quite common in those old times. However the young people of to day are cut away from this idea altogether.
This is how my Grand Father used to tell of this experiences one night as he was returning after a long journey from a friend's house after storing up the harvest with his little horse for this friend.
As he was about half way home he looked behind him and saw a hare or the form of a hare in the back of the car. In the twinkle(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meen, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Tom Sullivan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meen, Co. Kerry