School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)

Location:
Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 29

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 29

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    There was a man named Thomas Keenan. Every night people came to his house scoraidheacht.

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    heard the dragging of chains. Mick leaped in over the ditch. He saw three men and they were carrying a coffin. "Come out, Mick" said one of them "and help us to carry the coffin".
    Mick came out and he thought that the weight of the world was in himself. They came to a graveyard. The three men went off to get shovels to dig a grave. While they were gone Mick opened the lid of the coffin. Who did he see but Old Nick."Go home now Mick" says Nick to him.
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    Thre was a young fellow long ago and he was driving a pair of goats along the road.

    There was a young fellow long ago and he was driving a pair of goats along the road. A Catholic priest came and asked the young fellow why he was not at school.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Brunnock
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doon, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael Brunnock
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Doon, Co. Tipperary