School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha (roll number 11849)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 244

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One night a boy was coming home, from a house, in Ballinagar, where he was playing cards. It was about one o'clock. He met a funeral on the road. He was called to halt, and was then put on the shoulders of men, who carried a coffin. He was kept there until the cocks crew, then they left him go. When he reached home, he went to bed, and got very ill,

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Collector
Joan O' Carroll
Gender
female
Address
Liscullane, Co. Kerry
Informant
Mrs Kate Lovett
Gender
female
Age
80
Address
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Language
English