School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

Location:
Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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    be back with a cliabh, bare footed a distance of 14 Irish miles and he used to bring half a sack of meal.
    On one occasion he made two trips one and one day an old woman sang a jig for him he danced it on a sheet of gravel that was on the road One day he got up to a hare running and he kept up to it for about 400 yards
    Another incident about one of the brave women of 80 years ago. They were after churning and she went to the well and brought a firkin of water on top of her head to wash the butter
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