School: Ráth na Loch (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 16999)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 027
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- There once lived a boy who used to be out rambling late at night. His parents used to be always telling him to be home early. One night he came home earlier than usual, his way led through a field in which there four paths each branching at a different corner of the field.
As he was walking along he saw four men coming towards him with, what appeared to him to be a big box across their shoulders. Just as he was passing them by they laid the box before him in the path.
He saw at once that it was a coffin(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Joe King
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr John Hannon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Parknamulloge, Co. Kerry
