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School: An Chathair (roll number 5119)

Location:
Caher West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0461, Page 590

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  1. A Strange Tale

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    One night a man was coming home from a neighbouring house after playing cards. He was not far from the house when he saw a man coming towards him. He was dressed in white clothes. The man that was coming home said "Fine night" and the other man said "It is a fine night for the living to sleep and the dead to walk around." After that all the hair of his head fell off.
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  2. A Fairy Tale

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    Long ago a man was living in Ballyvourn. He used to hear a cry every night in a field near his house. One night he went out with a lantern to see who was crying. He saw a little woman sitting near a sloe bush. He went
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádruig O Céilleachair
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caher West, Co. Kerry