School: An Chríoch (Cree), Cuar an Chláir

Location:
Creegh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Mártan Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0631, Page 242

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  1. Long ago there lived a woman and a man who had one son.
    One night as the son was coming home from his cuaird he had to pass a graveyard. Outside the wall of the graveyard the son saw a skull of a man.
    He said to himself "If this man were living I would give him a good supper". He went home. Next day as he was out a gentleman came to the house of the boy.
    The woman did not know the man. The gentleman said to the woman that her son promised him a good supper. She then prepared a good supper for him. When he had eaten he told the woman to tell her son to go to the graveyard the next night.
    The son went to the graveyard and and there he met the man. The man brought the boy to a grave.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT0470: Friends in Life and Death
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katty Hanrahan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Hanrahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Creegh, Co. Clare