School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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    Long ago there used be four boys playing cards in a house.

    Long ago there used be four boys playing cards in a house. Two of them were brothers and the other two lived about a half a mile from each other. The two brothers had to come through fields to the house where they used be playing cards. Each night a mouse ran in the path before them but they did nothing to him. One night as they were coming through the fields they saw a crowd of people with a coffin on their shoulders coming towards them. "What shall we do" said one of the brothers to the other. "We will keep on" said the other and put our hand on it and see
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    Folktales index
    AT0990*: A Merchant's Son Finds the Princess Wounded in a Coffin
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry