School: Killahan (B.)
- Location:
- Killahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Leathlobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 234
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- (Given to me under the title "A Farmer and his Sons")Once upon a time there lived a farmer who had two sons. He had business to the next town to him one day. It was a bit late in the night when he returned home, and he was "half tight". He told his eldest son to take the horse from under the cart and to drive him into a certain field in the farm where there used to be always a spirit seen; but the son refused. The father then said to him "Go(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P. J. Deady
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Leahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Glankeagh, Co. Kerry
