School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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- Ryan, a Kerry farmer, was told in a dream that he would die when three kings came to his house to pay him a visit. One evening, the three kings did come to Ryan, and he was not at all pleased to see them. He told them that he would be dead before morning. The kings laughed at Ryan, and told him that no harm could come to him whilst they were there.
But he was still afraid, so he turned a tub upside down and himself beneath it. They knew that he would be safe there, then the three kings ate and drank and made merry, whilst Ryan was under his tub, felt that all was well. After some time a(continues on next page)
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- Patrick Fitzgearld
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