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Abstract: Story collected by Rita Power, a student at Knockaderry (C.) school (Knockaderry, Co. Kerry) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0460/2/23

Mannix, Hanna [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

Loading... School Knockaderry (C.) [Vol. 0460, Chapter 0002]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Kerry Schools

COLLECTOR: Power, Rita
Gender: female
Age: 13
Location: Molahiffe (Civil parish)
Magunihy (Barony)
Kerry (County)

Story text TEI

transcribed at

Folklore - A Story [duchas:4732537]

A story is told, of a man going home late from card playing. He met another man whom he did not know and said "Good Night" to which the other replied "The day for the living and the night for the dead."

Resource description

Origin information: Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 193
Volume 0460
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Hanna Mannix.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Rites and ceremonies linked data (lcsh); Rites of passage--Deasghnátha aistrithe saoil
School location: Knockaderry Knockaderry Molahiffe Magunihy Kerry
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4819515
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0460/2/23
Suggested credit: "Folklore - A Story"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4819515>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Hanna Mannix.
Funding: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.