School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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- (continued from previous page)So he rubbed it to the man and it was very easy to peel off the skin. He had the bottle used very quickly. He did not know what to do and it was coming near night and he could peel no more of the skin and when the woman came in she gave him another bottle and told him not to use it so quickly. He peeled the man before he had the bottle used and all the skin and bones were around the floor and when the woman came in the next night she saw all the skin and bones on the floor and she said some words over him. The next thing she put the man together again and it was the boy father the boy was after shinning(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
