School: Doora, Cuinche
- Location:
- Deerpark, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Cáit Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 069
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“My grandfather told me this story.”
My grandfather told me this story. Once upon a time there lived a man in a small thatched house above blarebastle. He used to go out hunting rabbits every day. He used to sell the rabbits and with the money he used to buy the wants of the house.
One night as he was coming home very late he had to pass a fort and just as he was passing it three big tall men dressed in white jumped on the road before him and they would not let him pass. They asked him why was he coming home so late. The man told them that he was out hunting. Then they told him bot to pass so late any more.
He went on his way home saying to himself that he would not come that way any more. When he was about a mile away from his own house he met a stile. The Bean-Síse was sitting on the stile combing her hair and she was crying. The man took no notice of her but she beckoned a stick at him.
Then she began talking(continues on next page)
- Informant
- P. Slattery
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Manusmore, Co. Clare