School: Drinagh (roll number 10664)
- Location:
- Drinagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Cróinín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0462C, Page 08_048
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Drinagh
- XML Page 08_048
- XML “Béaloideas”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Once upon a time there lived a man in Ballyvourney who used to be making ciseáns. It was late when he started to build one day and the night came on him before he had finished.
He started to put the bottom on the ciseán after nightfall. After a couple of hours he heard a noise like the blowing of wind, outside him on the road. The next thing he heard was like the "clitter" of horse' hooves and then he saw a funeral.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
