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

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel
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  1. 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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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan O' Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscullane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Kate Lovett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry