School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)
- Location:
- Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0464, Page 246
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach)
- XML Page 246
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title) (continued)
“Mrs Palmer aged 85 now living in Upper Derrinid Tuosist but who has had great losses lately as Sean O'Sullivan will know...”
(continued from previous page)Mrs Palmer herself says she was awakened one night about 60 years ago by the trampling & pranting of many pairs of horses and she never slept at all. When morning came she went out to see the "graupping" the horses had done around the year but it was just the same as ever. She told the Priest her story. "Some great loss belonging to you that's going to die says he. "True for him a laog ghil my brothers wife died that very month having a lot of orphans motherless on the floor mo ghraidhn iad.
(no title)
“Another event that happened to herself when she was about 12 years or so.”
Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- Collector
- Eibhlín Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Mrs Palmer
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Derrynid, Co. Kerry