School: Ráth gCaola (B.) (roll number 1282)
- Location:
- Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Coindealbháin
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One night a certain man went out to look at his wheat. He used to go out every night to look at his wheat. This night he went out to look at his wheat, suddenly he saw on the wall, a woman dressed in a white garment. The woman shouted out half of the wheat for me. When the man heard her, he shouted out, the other half for myself.When the man went home that night, he went to bed. When he got up next morning, he found out that half of his wheat had been withered away. A few hours later he found three dozen eggs buried under the ground. About a quarter of an hour later he found more eggs buried under the ground in the middle of the good wheat. Next morning the other half of the wheat was withered away. That year the man went to the parish priest, and told him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ignatius Keyes
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Con Keyes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
