School: Killahan
- Location:
- Killahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 363
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- (continued from previous page)without leaving water inside at night, that the dead people would come to you, and drag you out of the bed, and make you go for it alone.If the presses are locked at night, the dead will appear to someone in the house.If you had anything on your head going in a door you would never grow again.
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“About fifty or sixty years ago, there lived a farmer in Cahernade who had ten good milking cows.”
About fifty or sixty years ago, there lived a farmer in Cahernade who had ten good milking cows.
Some mornings when they used go to milk the cows it was found that not one of them used have a drop of milk.
At other times they could make no butter with the cream, even though they used have plenty of it in the churn.
The farmer was almost distracted, he had no idea what was the cause of it all. He was terribly upset.
At last he heard that there was a neighbouring woman seen on certain mornings(continues on next page)
