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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 289

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    One harvest, long ago, people were not able to grow corn at all and they did not know why.
    "One family went to a wise man & he told them to put a part of their seeds under an oven at the bottom of the house & not to look at it for a certain team & it would be grown.
    "They did as he told them and when they looked at it, it was a fine crop. Next time they tried it, somebody wanted to know how it was done.
    "When they looked, there was nothing then but rats.
    It seems that it changed when they looked before the time.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. magicians (~35)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shelia Quirke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Fieries, Co. Kerry