School: Droichead na Dóinne (roll number 10261)

Location:
Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Scolaidhe
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    A part of the strand near Derrynane supplies many of local inhabitants with "wrecked weeds" - seaweed torn up by tide or storm...

    ....The tide brings it in and deposits it on the stretches of sand.
    Long ago a man required some weeds for manure and as it was the custom that whoever came first in the morning cquired ownership of () he went rather early.He has no time () it apears. He was a singularly robust man strong physically and mentally.
    He said he sat besides the strand near a bank of wild ()
    or water flags. As he sat he noticed a woman dressed in white approached...
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Denis O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry