School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)
- Location:
- Berrings, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 027
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“About twelve months ago I met a man from Grenagh, Co. Cork and in the course of conversation I inquired of him, how he was getting on, to which he replied that he was getting on very well now, but that he had suffered much for the past two or three years,”
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“Many years ago there lived at Foxe's Bridge, Courtbrack, Co. Cork, a labouring man with his wife and two children who were very young.”
Many years ago there lived at Foxe's Bridge, Courtbrack, Co. Cork, a labouring man with his wife and two children who were very young.
The wife disappeared, but returned at night to feed the younger child - a mere infant.
She was however in the power of the "good people" and had been taken away by them, so that having fed the child each night she was obliged to leave the house.
One night as she was about to leave, her husband stepped between her and the door, and tried to keep her, but no, she must go. She told him(continues on next page)