School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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    Once upon a time there lived a man and he had courage and he used to stay out very late at night.

    Once upon a time there lived a man and he had courage and he used to stay out very late at night. It was one and two o'clock every night when he would come in.
    One night he coming home and he saw a woman and she was dressed in white. He went near her to see who was she but she disappeared and a hare ran down the field. They say it was the woman that changed herself into a hare.
    He did not take notice of it until he was coming home. There was something pushing him up against the bushes. He used to stop and begin to cry and he was getting all scraped with the bushes. He did not know what to
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meen, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tom Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Meen, Co. Kerry