School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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- The Man in the Bag
One day a traveller was going along the road and it happened that he went into a certain house and on his coming out he took a purse that was on the table. The woman saw him and called him but he ran away.
After a while he looked at the purse and he counted out a hundred shillings and a hundred pounds so he went away delighted with himself. Somebody or other told the king. So the king put him into a bag and the king and one of his servants set out to drown him in a lake. They went into a shop on the way and the man was inside in the bag and he screeching "I am going to heaven, I am going to heaven", and while they were inside another man hearing him say "I am going to heaven" told him to come out and to leave him-(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nóra Ní Mhórdha
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Pat Moore
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14