School: Mainistir Ó dTórna

Location:
Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 041

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  3. XML “A Moonlighting Song”
  4. XML “The Funeral”

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  2. One night as my two uncles were coming from Listowel they saw a funeral.
    It was about 12 o'clock and the night was very dark and they were terribly afraid.
    They were not gone far outside Listowel when they heard a noise, but they took no notice of it. After a while a dog came out in front of them and began to bark. One of them got afraid but the other said not to be getting queer that it was a neighbour's dog. The dog disappeared and they saw her soon again, and she disappeared and they saw her a third time.
    This time both of them got afraid and soon they (go)
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