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School: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (roll number 855)

Location:
Mell, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 064

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  1. A Story about King William's Glen

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    There once lived a woman in king Williams glen. She was a Catholic and then she turned a Protestant and then she turned a Catholic and the last time she turned a Protestant. One day she was out walking when she fell in to a hole. And she comes in the form of a turkey cock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Treasa Wall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Cormick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth

  2. Coilichín Coc

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    Children stand in a line catching one another with the biggest in the front who is called the sean chearc. A child stands out in front of her who is called coilichín coch. Then the séan chearc and coilichín coch take special names as Michael and Mary, they don't tell the others. Then the coilichín coch gets a sop of straw as a pipe and gives a pull out of it to the sean chearc
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Treasa Wall
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Leslie
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth