School: Naomh Breandán (C.), Blennerville (roll number 16899)
- Location:
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 472
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“A long time ago there lived at the Kerries a shopkeeper...”
(continued from previous page)a grave-yard to reach his shop.
One evening about 7 o'cloc some of his companions asked him did he ever see a ghost, when he was passing the spa graveyard, he said no. His companions better him anything, that he would not pass the graveyard to morrow night at 12 o'clock and he promised he would. At the appointed time his companions went to a grave with a white sheet around him, took up the corpse that was inside in the grave he went into it, and left the lid open. At twelve o'clock the shopkeeper passed the place where the other man was, the man inside in the coffin started "hullogoning" he said to the shopkeeper "o isn't it cold down here" the words were hardly said when the shopkeeper said. "No wonder(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Jeremiah Williams
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Blennerville, Co. Kerry