School: Cuinche
- Location:
- Quin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Gríobhtha
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Good Mowers.
There was a man named Jim Colee and he was mowing one day he started to mow a field he did it straightly and evenly that everyone used to come to see it.A man stuck a rush in the ground and asked Colee why had he left that rush there ,and he said from every battle someone escapes to tell the tale.
Good dancer.
There was an old man living in Creevagh named Patchen na Cainnte he used to go out at night and dances a hornpipe with his shadow ,and when finished he would say is breagh an rinnce é sin.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe O' Halloran
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Halloran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Quin, Co. Clare
