School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 149
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“Two boys went hunting rabbits one night.”
(continued from previous page)about three in the morning. Afterwards when he went out to the stable the horse was dead. He went to bed + never got up until he died two years afterwards. All the fingers fell off of his right hand before he died.
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“There were two brothers working together.”
There were two brothers working together. One day the youngest came in to his mother + he said he would stop no longer. When he was away his mother gave him a half a loaf of bread. As he was going along the road a greyhound came along and asked him for the bread. The greyhound had a spear in his mouth. When the boy gave him the bread the greyhound gave him the spear + he told him that if he was fighting with anyone he could kill him with the spear. There was a beautiful girl + she was to get married to a giant + if anyone killed the giant they could marry her. So the boy went to the castle + fought the giant + killed him + left the spear stuck in him. The girl was glad + they got married + they lived happy after ever more. - Informant
- John Twomey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry