School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 359

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One night a man was coming from a wake.

One night a man was coming from a wake. It was about twelve o'clock. When he came to a lonely place he heard a voice saying "It is time to be in bed" three times. The man got afraid because he knew it was no live man that was frightening him. He went home quickly and when he was in they were all in bed. They had a gramophone and it was playing. It held playing for a long time and when the song would be finished a new record would be put in. No one heard it playing but the man that was at the wake. When the man was in bed it was playing

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Collector
Tim Leahy
Gender
male
Address
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Informant
Ned Galvin
Gender
male
Address
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Language
English