School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 182
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- (continued from previous page)Bridie Myres, Killeagh, 11 years.
- Bridie Myres
Killeagh
11 yearsFolklore
Child take by Fairies long ago.My Granfather told me that there was a certain farmer living in Gurteenroe, who usually employed itinerant tradesmen, such as tailors, shoemakers, carpenters etc., and these "Journeymen", as they were called, were quite common up to about fifty years ago. At one time he employed a journey man tailor, who worked on a table in the kitchen of the farmhouse. The woman of the house had a baby in a cradle by the kitchen fire; it was continually whining and crying.
One day, the woman went for water to the well which was at some distance from the house. The whining of the baby so irritated the tailor that he(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Brosnan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Gurteenroe, Co. Kerry
