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In the year 1879 the Empress of Austria was hunting in this country.

Abstract: Story collected by Ellen Bobbett, a student at Kilbride school (Priest Town, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0689/2/9

 Kilbride [Vol. 0689, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Meath Schools

COLLECTOR
Bobbett, Ellen 
Gender
female
Age
12
Location
Fleenstown Great (Townland) 
Donaghmore (Civil parish) 
Ratoath (Barony) 
Meath (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Kilbride  [duchas:4966798]

In the year 1879 the Empress of Austria was hunting in this country. One day she lost her hankerchief. Mr Michael Kennedy was riding near her he picked it up and handed it to her. She asked him who he was. 
In a short time  a parcel arrived it was the hankerchief in a velvet frame with the following

The Empress of Austria's hankerchief found in the hunting field by Michael Kennedy Esq and afterwards returned to him by her majesty as a souvenir of her visit to Ireland in 1879.

Resource description

Origin information
Priest Town, Co. Meath
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 090
Volume 0689
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Uná, Bean Uí Thuathaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
narratives   linked data (afset)
Narratives--Scéalta
School location
Priest Town Priest Town Kilbride Dunboyne Meath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5107882
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0689/2/9

Suggested credit
"In the year 1879 the Empress of Austria was hunting in this country."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_5107882>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Uná, Bean Uí Thuathaigh.
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.

School location

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