School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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    ground and he soon saw this tall black woman between two drains, she was very mournful looking and she was the very same as any woman but she had no legs. So the man continued his journey. He was walking through this green field when his pipe got a crack of a fist and the pipe fell down and he picked it up and put it in his mouth and no sooner had he it in his mouth when it got a crack and fell again and in the finish he had to put it in his pocked. So when he was near a gate he heard the beansidhe again
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. banshees (~369)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neily Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathoran, Co. Kerry