School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Cnoc na gCoileach, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 399
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Once upon a time, there lived an old man named Mallon who had two sons. The man died suddenly, and did not make his will.
The sons had a fight for the farm. One of the sons got the farm and the other said he would have revenge. The son that said he would have revenge died, and there came a ghost to the house. When the people of the house would go in there were stones thrown down the stairs, the kettle would jump(continues on next page)
