School: Fairche, Cill Dairbhre (roll number 6834)
- Location:
- Farahy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Mac Fheorais
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- There was a man living in Co. Limerick long ago and he got broke. He went working for another man and he had his bed in the hay. One night he heard a noise outside in the road and he went out and there he saw a big old dog and he all in fire as he thought. The dog made straight for the room where the master of the house was sleeping and he went in through the window. When the master of the house saw him he roared and ran out and made straight for the fellow that was sleeping in the hay to kill him because he thought it was he that sent in the dog, but the man was gone. It happened that the week after the man died and he used be appearing every Sunday to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Phil Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyguyroe North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Miss Hannah Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Farahy, Co. Cork