School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

Location:
Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Antoin
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    There once lived a man named Maurice Mc. Carthy in Stacksmountain who had three sons. They owned a big shop and did great business there. The three sons never paid bills but always hoarded of the money for themselves. Unfortunately the three fell sick and died. After their death the father built a new house as the old one was haunted after his children's death. It happened that a beggarman came one night to the old man's house and asked him for lodgings. He told him that he couldn't keep him in the old house but that he had a new house built up the field and that he could stay there if he wished but he reminded him that he had already given lodgings to three men in the same house and that they were found dead in the morning. The beggarman said that that did not matter and he went to the house for the night. About 12 o.c.
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    Folktales index
    AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknacurra, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Timothy O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknagoum, Co. Kerry