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School: Killorglin (B.) (roll number 12832)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
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Mícheál Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 037

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    On your away up to Carran-Tuarn you can see a lake called [?] na Píast. Once some men were going to build a mill near a river at the bottom of the mountain. They were going to dig a channel from the mountain to the river so that they could have a good lot of water. When they went up to the lake they opened it they looked down and they thought the village was on fire. They came down to help to quench it, but when they arrived the village was not on fire. They went up again a few days after, and looking down again they saw the village on fire. But when they went down it was not on fire. They did not try to open the lake any more. It was a warning to them not to open it because, if they open the lake it would burst out and drown all the people.
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    “A snail climbed a ten foot pole. If he climbed three feet every day...”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Groin, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Séamus Ó Séaghdha
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Groin, Co. Kerry