School: Cnoc an Doire (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Nóra Ní Chorcoráin Maire Nic Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 345
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“There is a fort in a field not far from our house.”
There is a fort in a field not far from our house. Long ago when our neighbour cows used to go into the field, one of the cows used to go into the fort every morning. Every evening a hare used to come out of the fort and milk one of the cows and go back again. It is believed that the hare was a woman who wanted to carry the milk from the man.
- Informant
- M. Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Kerry
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“There is a fort in a field not far from our house.”
Long ago there was a very poor woman who lived alone in a small house. It was a custom of her to get up in the middle of the night to light her pipe, and(continues on next page)