School: Ráth na Loch (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 16999)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 023
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- (continued from previous page)dog in the house, and three dogs would protect him for that night. The three dogs were able to keep him safe.In the morning they gave him the dog, so he had three dogs.Then he went along until he came to a farmer's house, and he was working there. The farmer forced him to marry his daughter, and he did so. He went hunting every day, and his wife said one day. "Why do you carry those common dogs among all the gentlemen," One day he tied the dogs to please his wife, and went out hunting without them. He was not gone far when he saw the poisonous black dog. He whistled for his dogs.One of them named "Heavy sides," broke his chain and broke the other dog's chains and off they went. The other dogs names Swift and Knowledge.As the poisonous black dog was jumping on their master, Swift kept him back(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Ned Kerrisk
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Killeentierna, Co. Kerry
