School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 515
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- One night a man was on his way home from Killarney driving a horse and cart. When he came to a certain part of the road he heard a noise inside the fence. Being curious stretched in over the fence and saw an old woman sitting on a stool.
She threatened to kill him but he challenged her to fight.
He had a butcher's knife that he bought in Killarney. That day and he stuck her with it.
When he looked again to see if she were dead it was a frog he saw with a knife stuck in it.
- Informant
- Michael O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Annagh Beg, Co. Kerry
