School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 317
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“A certain man was dying and he wanted a priest. The priest was notified, and as he had to travel through a thick forest, he asked a neighbour to travel with him...”
(continued from previous page)not and the priest wondered. After a while he asked him to put his hand on his shoulder and as the man did so, he saw the same sight. However the hounds raced out of sight, and the priest did not see them again until he was nearing the dying man's house. This time the white hound was abreast of the black one and just as they reached the house, the white one got through the opened window, while the black one fell dead. The priest arrived at the man's house, gave him the sacrements, and put him on the road to his reward. On his way home the priest asked his companion if he understood the sign, the man answered that he did not, so the priest said that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Moriarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs T. Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tulach Chonóg, Co. Meath