School: Dromlogach Mainistir na Féile (roll number 10908)

Location:
Dromlegagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eighneachán Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 505

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 505

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    dinner. She went up on one of the cloca líatha's to call them she had a gallon of water in her hand and it fell from her. In a minute she was pitched off the stone and she became foolish. A red-haired woman came out from under the stone and beat her with a cow's tail. She had to get a priest and doctor and it took her a very long time to recover.
    There was another man who made a bet to knock one of the stones. He knocked the smallest of them but after a time he got an awful pain in his back.
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    There was a poor woman there long ago and she had a cow which was very good as she used always have milk for herself and her two children.

    There was a poor woman there long ago and she had a cow which was very good as she used always have milk for herself and her two children. One evening as she was milking her cow some person whom she did not know came talking to her. And says she - that is a good cow you have. Oh says the poor woman she is one of the best cows. I think she would fill any size of a vessel says the poor woman. I bet you says the stranger that i will give you a vessel she will not fill giving her a vessel. Till that now said she. And the poor woman began milking and milking away and still the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Suíbhne
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Séamus O Cíarba
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Rylane, Co. Kerry