School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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- (continued from previous page)He went down the stairs and said "stop that noise I want to go to bed"
It stopped for a while but he was not seated for long when the noise started again. He got up and went down again and said "I am not afraid you may come in". After a while he saw a coffin being shouldered by two men come in the door.
There was a big man like a lion sitting up inside in it. The servant boy got very courageous and told them do what they liked he was not afraid.
Then one of them asked the boy come with him to a place where a crock of gold was hidden. He then told him when he would have dug up the crocks to give one to a shopkeeper to whom he owed a debt before he died and to keep the second crock himself.
The man said he would come again the next night to see of the servant boy(continues on next page)- Informant
- Michael O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Annagh Beg, Co. Kerry