School: An Chathair (roll number 5119)
- Location:
- Caher West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Tuathaigh
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- (continued from previous page)One day a man in townland of Knockeens was minding his cows in a field. While he was minding them a whirlwind came and knocked one of the cows. The cow died soon after and he skinned her. The next day he went to Kenmare to sell the skin. Outside the town he met a foxy woman. "You have the skin" said the woman. "I have" said the man. "You're a lucky man" said the woman, "that it wasn't yourself that was killed instead of the cow".
- One night a man was coming home late after being playing cards. When he was passing a quarry in the townland of Clonton he heard a queer noise inside in the quarry. He looked in over the ditch and he saw a large number of men with drills and sledges rooting out stones. He stayed looking at them for some time. After a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Micheál Ó Ranndal
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloontoo, Co. Kerry
