School: Scoil na mBráthar, An Daingean (roll number 16703)
- Location:
- Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó hAragáin
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“One day in midsummer a boy was dying in a little hut in which he was living. The parents of the boy did not find it out untill that night...”
One day in midsummer a boy was dying in a little hut in which he was living. The parents of the boy did not find it out untill that night. They called a neighbor who was very good to them for the were poor. The father of the boy sent his other son to Dingle for a priest and a doctor.
The village was six miles from Dingle and four miles through the fields. If he went by the short cut he would have to climb a steep hill. He went by the short cut and he as bright as a lark. When he was half way up the hill he lost his way. Suddenly a light appeared before him. It was the shape of a heart with a hole in the middle. The boy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán De Baróid
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- The Mall, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Seamus De Baróid
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- The Mall, Co. Kerry