School: Drinagh (roll number 10664)

Location:
Drinagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Cróinín
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  1. Once upon a time a man was living in Kilgarvan and every night when he used to go to bed he could not sleep at all for some one used to be throwing earth at him. One day he went to the priest and told him, and the priest told him to make a ring of holy water around him about night fall and wait till the person would come.
    He made the ring of holy water about night fall and he stood in the middle of it. He was not long there
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Tim Healy
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