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School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)

Location:
Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 230

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    Then the cat changed to a dog, and the dog wanted to go up in his horse, and he was not able, and the dog changed to a pig, and the pig wanted to go up in his horse and she was not able.
    Then the "dead" boy said to him when he would be going into the stable not to come off the horse, but open the door from his seat on the horse's back. When the horse was going in the door, he was cut in two halves with a plough.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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