School: Gleann Fleisge
- Location:
- Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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- (continued from previous page)street when she saw the man that came for her coming up the street with a blade of grass in his hand and he stuck it up one of the ladies nose and she sneezed. They said God bless us. Then the nurse said there you are what did you want doing that for and he said there is something wrong with your eyes. There is not she said and he told her to put her hand on her left eye see could she see him She said no put your hand on her right eye see could she see him and she said yes. You wont see me any more and he stuck his finger into her eye and she got blind. Any doctor could not cure it and she saw no more faires
- Collector
- Darby O Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Pat Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
