School: Firies (B.) (roll number 15945)

Location:
Fieries, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Mainchín
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    would give Seán and Gusty plenty whiskey so that they would'nt come with the dead people that to their house. Seán gave a challenge to a schoolmaster to put to put his right foot up in his left inch step in the middle of the day and he would show him a sight he never saw in all his life. The schoolmaster refused because he would have to follow Seán all his life in the rambllings. The people that used give Seán the whiskey was told by him to put their children to bed early and not to leave them up in the hearth for fear they might get a stroke.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harold Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballybane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Paddy Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cloonmealane, Co. Kerry