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School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 399

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    flood also and she was lost for a week. They went to this priest and he wrote an oration and put it into a sheaf of oat and thew it into the river.
    It stopped in a certain place and the girl was found under it.
    The divers were sent for but they could not get her because she was under a rock. They sent for Tommy and he was very sick but they gave him an aggin of whiskey and it cured him. He dived down and caught the girl with his teeth and brought her to the top.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry