School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)
- Location:
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- (continued from previous page)with the whip. He gave him ten gold sovereigns for it. Himself and the pony and his wife lived together quite happily after.
- Last year there was a woman living in Clashmore and she was very rich. Her neighbour was very jealous of her and she sent out a charm so that her cows would milk blood. The next day her cows milked blood and the woman sent for the priest to cure the cows. The priest came and he cured the cows. When the priest was leaving the house that day he got a lash of the devil's tail.
- A clergyman was giving a sermon one day and the church was crowded. The sermon was about the next world. Into the church came a parrot and he asked him what he was talking about. He said "Get out of this church." "Not for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Master Patrick Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Wife of labourer
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
