School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 391
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“There is a house on the roadside within a mile of Killarney, where nobody ever spent a whole night without being attacked by the fairies and put out...”
(continued from previous page)so easy to scare a Tinker. In the middle of the night when they were just settled down for a good sleep, the fairies attacked them and they did not even take shelter within a mile of the house they got such a fright. It is said that the house is built on a fort.
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“In a house on the hillside of Kerry, there was a crowd of boys playing cards...”
In a house on the hillside of Kerry, there was a crowd of boys playing cards. During the night a light tapping was heard at the door, the owner(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sheila O' Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs M. O' Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymacdonnell, Co. Kerry