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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 314

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    “There are many parts in the neighbourhood.”

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    There are many forts in the neighbourhood. One of them is in Shanaway in the parish of Tarbert. They say that a man hanged himself there. There is a bottle of Holy Water under a holly tree and it is said that whoever will cut a tree there, his head will be turned back.
    There is a fort above Ned Mulvihill's house in Leitrim East. One night the woman of the house was going in, and she saw a sow and a litter of bonhams in the yard, and they neither had a sow or bonhams at the time. The first one of the family up the following morning saw them going into the fort.
    One time there was a girl living alone, and there was a well near
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Bunce
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Leitrim East, Co. Kerry