School: Kilmeedy (B.) (roll number 7161)
- Location:
- Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: John O'Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 239
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- Few people in the parish or its surroundings has never [ever?] seen strange animals.
Sailors who are always at sea see very peculiar animals.
It is said that every animal in the land, it also in the ocean, but from their back is a fish.
One night an old man, grey haired, his face showed signs of trouble and worry, was coming up a road called "Peak", when he saw a serpent with fire coming out of his nose.
He ran along the lonesome road till he came to a little country chapel and he went in, as(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mr John Madigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Michael Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
