School: Coolcappa, Árd-achadh (roll number 11955)

Location:
Coolcappagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Shíthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0501, Page 364

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    that morning and he could not find their tracks even.
    He was a long time searching and his wife got very uneasy. She thought he had fallen into the river and she went to search for him. She could not find her husband or the cows. She came in home and about a half an hour later her husband was sitting at the fire.
    She asked him where he had been and he told her his story and said his cows were gone. He could not find their tracks. He was for a week searching for them and he never found them. He heard of a fortune teller who lived in co Limerick. He went down to her and he knocked at the door and she said to come in. When he went in she was sitting in the corner playing cards.
    He asked her to tell him his fortune
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Bennett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonagh, Co. Limerick