School: Gleann Fleisge
- Location:
- Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 909
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“There was once a man who was sick and he sent for the priest.”
There was once a man who was sick and he sent for the priest. At twelve o'clock in the night the priest came and brought the clerk with him. He left his motor-car on the side of the road and he went up to the house where the man was sick. He left the clerk inside in the motor-car. When the priest went into the house a man appeared to the clerk and asked him if he would fight and he said he would. The man had a knife in his hand and he threw it at the clerk and killed him. Then the man dragged the clerk away from the motor-car and carried him above the house where the man was sick. After that there used to be a spirit(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Rossalia, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Richard Spillane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 29
- Address
- Rossalia, Co. Kerry