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School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 303

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    legs were covered with blood. That night one of the horses died, and a week after the other one broke his leg. So they left the field alone and never again tried to plough it up.
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    “In my grandmother's land in Gurtaglanna there is a fort.”

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    In my grandmother's land in Gurtaglanna there is a fort - a nice enclosure surrounded with trees, outside which there is a deep trench. Outside this again is a circle of bushes.
    When my uncle Danny was a young lad going to school he went outside the fort one day, and called on the fairies to
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Lissaniska, Co. Kerry