School: Cnoc an Bhile, Upton (roll number 4152)
- Location:
- Upton, Co. Cork
- Teachers: D. Ó Donnchadha S. Ní Liatháin
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- (continued from previous page)Dearg's house and prayed till Sean Dearg went back to hell.
- One night, two men stole a bag ful of apples, out of a local orchard. They went in to Knockavilla graveyard to divide the spoil. It was after midnight.
They divided them thus. One man put his hand in the bag and taking out an apple handed it to comrade, saying "One for you". He then took out another apple and placed in his own bag saying "One for me". He continued his division thus for some time.
When they had finished, they remembered that they had lost two apples at the gate. One said "There are two more outside the gate and one(continues on next page) - Collector
- Tessie Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Russelhill, Co. Cork
