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School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)

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Listowel, Co. Kerry
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Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 636

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    This is a story that happened about ten years ago. A man named John Mc Carthy of Greenville, Listowel was going home from town at 11 o'clock. He heard great trampling inside the ditch. He went to the gate and looked in and saw a great number of horses and Jockeys having races. Next day he looked at the field but there was no sign of a horses track there.
    This is a story of a man who lived near a Church yard in Afóna, Ballybunion. His name was Tom Danaher. He used to put his ass feeding in the Church yard. He used to bring home the ass every night. This night he forgot him until late, he and his son went for him. He found a piece of stick in the Church yard. He picked it up to drive home the ass. When they had the ass at home and were going to go to bed. A voice came to the window saying "Take back my shin-bone and put it where you got it".
    A man named Garret Sayers, Greenville, Listowel was going the road about 2 o'clock in the morning. He heard inside the ditch of the forge-field a great hurling match.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    W. Moore
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry