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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

Location:
Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Antoin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 311

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Some of the woman were carrying children by the hands and most wore scarfs round their heads. The men recognised some of their dead neighbours among them.

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In the Pond Field

One night two men went to a wake in Baltovin and it was very late when they were coming home. They came through the fields as the moon was shining and it was very bright. They came all night until they reached the "End-field" and they could not go anywhere after that. At last they went to the east but they thought it was the west and they

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Collector
Nora Mc Grath
Gender
female
Address
Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
Informant
John Mc Grath
Gender
male
Address
Knockbrack, Co. Kerry
Language
English