School: Kiffa

Location:: Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
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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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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

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