School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)
- Location:
- Tullamore, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Gearóid Mac Piarais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 120
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago there lived a boy in Blanemore. One night he was rambling in Tullamore. He stayed in Tullamore late playing cards. When he was going home he saw a woman near the ricks of turf in Blanemore. He threw a clod at her. As soon as he did so, she followed him across Graffa bog. He saw a light in a house across the bog, and he ran to it. He jumped in across the half-door with the fright, and she said to him when he was crossing the half-door, "I will see you again". Another night he was coming home from town with a horse and car, and he saw her again, and she made at him again. He gave her a blow of an ash crop and he never saw her afterwards.
- Once, John Lovett's mother was washing clothes about twelve o'clock in the day. She(continues on next page)
