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School: Kiffa

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    might be some since I left for I was over a week coming but have you any yourselves". They said " they had" and he asked them "what?". "They said if you had to have been over yesterday you could have come to the funeral". He asked "who is dead?" and they answered "The Devil" he took twopence out of his pocket and handed them one penny each, "They asked why he did it"? and he said "Its an old custom in Ireland to help the orphans when their father dies". So the brother won his bet.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mc Clelland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr John Mc Clelland
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiffagh, Co. Cavan