School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Céin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 432
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“There was once a young man He was working for a farmer. All the neighbours about thought he was foolish.”
(continued from previous page)the supposed foolish fellow pretended to be very frightened. There was a freshly dug grave in a graveyard he had to pass by. It was not covered. Two of the ramblers stole out to the graveyard, one went into the grave and the other was to warn him when Jack was coming. Not long after Jack came, the lad in the grave was warned he began to moan in a very lonely way. Jack went over to the grave and asked the lad in the grave what was wrong with him Oh! Oh! 'tis very cold down here says the lad in the grave. Oh! says Jack I suppose they forgot to cover you, and he got the spade and filled in the earth on top of the lad that was cold.
- The old people had means of their own by which they could foresee the weather to come as -
A bright & sunny morning maks a dark & cloudy day. A dark & cloudy morning maks a bright & sunny day - That is if the sun rose very early in the morning it would surely rain before evening & vice versa. When the sun goes down as a blazing red ball(continues on next page) - Collector
- David Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Caheragh, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Julia Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Caheragh, Co. Kerry
