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School: Ballyduff B. N. School

Location:
Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Leathlobhair
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    About fifty years ago, a woman by the name of Kitty the Ape was living in Kilmore. She was a silly woman and very easily fooled. One night she was travelling along the road leading towards Ballybunion, when a light shone all around her. She stood in the middle of the road watching the light. Four men jumped out across the ditch and surrounded her, and one man stuck a knife in her throat and killed her. About a week afterwards those four men died, and she came in and stuck a knife in every one of their throats and then went away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Crowley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leagh, Co. Kerry