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 346
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“There is a fort in a field not far from our house.”
(continued from previous page)she got a chair and sat down near the fire. As she was lighting her pipe the chair was pulled back from her and she heard someone walk behind her. The old people said that it was her mother who was dead, and the old woman died shortly afterwards.
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“Long ago there lived a family who used to leave the house very upset when retiring at night.”
Long ago there lived a family who used to leave the house very upset when retiring at night.
One night they were roused up out of their sleep. The door opened by a great noise and all the cups were knocked off the dresser, and the people were left without any cups. This was a lesson to everyone to clean the house before they go to bed every night. - Collector
- Sheila Brosnan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Dan Brosnan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gearha, Co. Kerry