School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:: Killacrim, Co. Kerry
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An Old Story

“One day a girl was going milking cows near a forst.”

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One day a girl was going milking cows near a forst. She saw gold glittering near a tree. She marked it with a spancil and went to tell her people about it. When she came back again all the trees were full of spancils and she did not know the tree she saw the gold near. One day a soldier was walking along the road when he met a witch. She asked him did he want to earn money and he answered he did. Then she told him to go down a
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Language

English

Collector
C. Ní Shúilleabháin
Gender

Female

Informant
Mrs M. O' Sullivan
Relation

Parent
Gender

Female
Address

Killacrim, Co. Kerry