School: Murher (B.) (roll number 13540)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conaill
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  1. Long ago there was man, who used to be always out late at night. One night he met four men carrying a coffin. He went under the coffin, but the four men vanished. He carried the coffin home with him and opened it, and found a beautiful young girl in it. He put her sitting in a chair but she wouldn't laugh or talk. One day he began kicking up his cap, and she began laughing. She told him where she came from, and he went home with her and they got married and lived happily for a long time.
    Maurice Culhane
    Told by
    Jerry Collins,
    Tarmons,
    Tarbert
    (63 Yrs)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Folktales index
    AT0990*: A Merchant's Son Finds the Princess Wounded in a Coffin
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Culhane
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Jerry Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Tarmon West, Co. Kerry