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School: Gleann Fleisge

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Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 698

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    There was a woman long ago and she had one child. The child would be always crying when the woman would be with her. When the woman would be in the rooom the child would not be crying at all. Someone told her to get a shovel and put fire into it and to put it before the child and to pretent to frighten her and when the child would be crying to tell her to clear and return her own child to her.
    The woman did so and the child walked out of the cradle and her own child came back to her.
    Name: Shelia Donoghue Killaha aged 15 1/2 yrs
    Name: Timothy J. Donoghue aged 30 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shelia O Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Killaha, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Timothy J. O Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    30