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 245

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About forty years ago, there lived near Lixnaw, an extensive farmer, in whose land, there was a fort, and quite near it an orchard. Many boys, tried to steal the apples. One night they went to the orchard for this purpose. They heard a strange noise, but they took no notice of it. When they began to pick the apples, every apple they picked, turned into a leaf. One of the boys went up to the top of a tree for some apples

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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