School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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A Story
“One Saturday night a woman kept working after twelve o'clock.”
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A story 24-2-1938
One Saturday night a woman kept working after twelve o'clock.A crowd of women came to the door first one had one horn and the last one had twelve .The asked for tea and as she had no water inside so she went to the fire well for it.
As she went she met a man who to her to go in and say that
"cnoc ma" was in fire.Also he told her to throw out everything they touched. In she went and said "cnoc ma" in in fire and them all ran out as quickly as they could then she followed the man's orders .before long they were back again and asked to be let in ,but they got no answer .(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tomás Mac Conmara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockanena, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Knockatunna, Co. Clare