School: Dromclough (C.),
- Location:
- Kilcarra Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: -
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- (continued from previous page)said "no," and he said "it is the dead hour of the night."
Then he told them to turn down toward the chapel, and he said "shut your eyes," and if they saw anything to say nothing." He told them never again leave their home until they knew the time it was.
When they went down, a funeral passed which was so long that they thought it never would be gone past. It was all saddle horses, and women "caoineing" in Irish. They noticed a coffin in between them.
It all passed off and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Flaherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Kirby
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Mountcoal, Co. Kerry
