School: Cnoc an Iubhair (C.)
- Location:
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 297
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- (continued from previous page)sitting on the table.
After a while an old woman came in. She took a coal from the fire and carried it out. The taylor got a coal and put it into a tub behind the door.
The old woman did this three times and the taylor did the same three times. When the people of the house came in from milking the cows, the taylor told them to look behind the door. There they saw a large tub full of butter.
Next day the man went to Listowel and opened the black-books. There he saw his sister-in-law's name. There was magic attached to these books. Anyone who opened them had to pay five pounds.
- Many years ago before there was not any bridge across the river Feale leading to Duagh village. It was in a cot or kind of a boat the people used to cross the river when(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Jeremiah Horgan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Lissaniska, Co. Kerry
