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School: Harold (B.), Dalkey

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Dalkey, Co. Dublin
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M. Ó Maoláin
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    "The Beggar's Drop"
    A long time ago there was a woman named Miss Cummings and she was about forty years of age. She lived in a little cottage on Dalkey Avenue by her self. One day a beggar came to her cottage and he asked her for some old clothes. She took pity on him. She said she had no clothes but she gave him some money. He then asked if he could sleep in her house. She said he could not as there was no room. He then took up a piece of rope and began to beat her. She ran out of the house and she ran around Bullock quarry. The beggar followed her. When he was running around he fell over the edge and was killed. After this the place where the beggar
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Dalkey, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    John Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnhill Road, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Convent Road, Co. Dublin