School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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“Long ago a man used to be out very late at night.”
(continued from previous page)by the hedge. After a while he made his way to the cross and he ran the rest of the way home. When he arrived home it was three o'clock and everyone in the house was asleep so he had to kick the door to wake them. One of his brothers got up opened the door to leave him in. When he saw the man all blood outside he slapped out the door again and ran up to bed. When he saw in bed he thought that he never locked the door. His brother outside was calling them to open the door and at last he rose the latch of the door and in he came. He took off his clothes and went to bed. When the morning came the people of the house had their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meen, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Jim Twomey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry