School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
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- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- Michael Henigan
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- Mr Henigan
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- 4. Once a priest in Duagh and his name was Father Hartnett. One night he was driving home in a horse and cart and he didn't know the road too well. Twas a bad road a bad night. Two lights came on the horses ears after the priest prayed.5. One night Fr. Hartnett told the people not to milk a certain cow in the stall. They were in a hurry and they did. Next morning the priest was found dead in the bed with his vestment on him.
- 6. There was a priest one night going on a sick call and he came and he heard a man singing a lovely song inside the ditch. The song was "Cailín Deas Crúite na mBó". He wait and listened to the lovely song. He waited till twas finished and two hounds came out. When it was finished he drove away the road and came to the sick farmers house and when he reached the house the woman was dead. The priest cursed the song.
- The woman in No. 3 above used to go out into the field in the morning and fill her apron of dew and put it in the pans of cream in her neighbour's dairy. The cream when they used make butter would only turn into buttermilk.