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School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

Location:
Lehid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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    There lived near Kenmare. Thre three Protestant ladies named Palmer's They had a white and black dog and they used dress him in a yellow collar. When he died they had a wake on him and they got pipes for the wake. All the Protestant came form [?] Kenmare to the wake. They got a coffin and buried the dog in Kenmare in the Protestant burying ground. One of the ladies died next day and the others died the week after. My Grandmother knew these ladies,
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Nancy Sullivan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardea, Co. Kerry