School: Clochar
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 149
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“The 14th of August this year (1938) was as fine a day as ever came ...”
(continued from previous page)found many a long flag that would do well enough for turning sand and with one of these I did turn the sand most diligently asking, and keeping asking that bad weather would be sent next day to ruin a big field of hay that a friend of mine who was above believing in any nonsense - had out.Nothing for years - and that's a big word - along that coast was as bad as the weather for the next TWO days !!The evening after the torrents I went to see my Seanachie. "Did you find the stones" asked Tommie " Judge for yourself" said I.For if you did said Tommie there must have been two of their equals in it: For about years ago there lived a man " back in the west" who had the whole country destroyed with the bad weather, till the priest got a boat and put the stones into it and never stopped till he went out beyon Caher Island, and threw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Micheál Ó Gealbháin
- Gender
- Male