School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 241
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- Once upon a time there lived a man in Farranmacfarrel named Ormsby. This man had a 'falling 'out with the priest and the priest told him afterwards that when he would die his death would be a remarkable one. Ormsby lived for ten years afterwards and he had. much bad luck. The day he died it rained one shower. In the evening there came a raging flood in Dooneil river. This flood went into Ormsby's dairy and carried away milk and butter, It went into the kitchen and the neighbours standing on forms had awful work in raising up Ormsby bed and so preventing the flood from carrying away the corpse This flood went in on Willie Somerville's street and carried away(continues on next page)
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- Joe Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Pat Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
