School: Cill Chiaráin

Location:
Kilkerrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Caitlín, Bean Uí Chuimín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0080, Page 120

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  1. Some time before or after the famine years there lived in Cloonkeen in the parish of Kilkerrin a notorious character known as "liam na gCleas". This liam seemed to be gifted in mischief and at last anything that was done mischievously liam's name was attached to it.
    At wakes in those times many tricks used to be played and liam was the inventor of many of them. The priest heard about it and he tried to stop him. He allowed nobody to a wake outside a second cousin and in many cases there would be only two or three in the house where the remains would be owing to the priest's order.
    At this time an old person died in the village and there were only three people at the wake which lasted two nights. Liam knew that these people would be weary after being awake
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullaghaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Mc Loughlin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullaghaun, Co. Galway