School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 202
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- (continued from previous page)the feet water to wet herself, and that her back and neck were covered with hair.
- There was once apoor family, and the mother being sick, the father had to remain up all night to attend to her. The children were young, and they all went to bed, and left the kitchen untidy.
At midnight, a knock came to the door. The father opened it, and three foxy women came in. They asked him for a drink of water. He said the children forgot to bring it. They told him go for it at once.
He went to the well with the pail and as(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Brosnan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsie Moriarty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
