School: Scoil na Mainistreach (roll number 1793)
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An Br. P.C. Mac Niallghuis
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“There are many wild animals in Killarney such as the fox, the deer, the stag, and a few others.”
(continued from previous page)again she saw he was gone. He (was) had fooled her. A foxe's tongue was used in olden times for extracting thowns or any thing from the hand or foot.
Parcupines are very like a soft of turf.
Long ago there was a man and he went out fishing. Over near the Caskades he caught a fish five pound weight. When he was coming near Ross Island he saw blood following him. He knew it was the blood of the fish. He threw the fish into the water and it drank the blood. He never went near the baskades again.Some of the animals do damage. The weasel kills hares rabbits, and rats. The deer never touches anybody or ferret.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Jeremiah Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Fair Hill, Co. Kerry