1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Killoughternane, Borris

School: Killoughternane, Borris

Location:
Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 115

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 115

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Killoughternane, Borris
  2. XML Page 115
  3. XML “The Flame of Fire”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Flame of Fire (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    he made a grab for it. You may know the way I felt when he tried to sit on the slat of the car but begob somehow he fell as he made the jump. Me poor mother "God forgive her" never spoke a word no more than meself. I gave the ass a kick of me bare heel. Out with him like hell and the divil.
    When we were gone a few yards I pulled up enough courage to look back if I did "Glory be to God" what do you think I saw but a blaze of fire three feet or so above the road and be the light of the blaze I could see the man sprawling on the ground. I kept the "ould" ass going as hard as I could. The light followed us for miles I was nearly dead with fright, but still had a little hope of getting home alive. I used to hear the lads that used to be in "ramblin" every night saying that nothing bad could pass a "strame'
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Kinsella
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Currenree or Corry Beg, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    James Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Currenree or Corry Beg, Co. Carlow