School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 18_060
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- (continued from previous page)district but in Listowel. The old people would not leave you wash your feet in front of the fire.
One night children of a house washed their feet and never threw out the feet water and at midnight three old hags from Slievenamon came and knocked at the door. The woman of the house got up and left the old hags in. They asked her why the children did not throw out the feet water and when she went the children she could not wake them. The she asked every thing in the house and they said they were in their own places. She asked the feet water and it said to wash her own feet and throw out the water(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamonn Bairéad
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Barrett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
