School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 301

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    would leave a white rag on a bush which is beside the well. This well is situated in a field belonging to a Protestant lady and she could not understand why the people observed this well more than any other well so she asked a man and he told her that it was a holy well and that if she put it in a kettle or any other vessel and put it over a good fire, it would never come to a boil. So she got satisfied on hearing this and she got a grand well built around the well.
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  2. Cock fighting was a pastime the people had long ago. This pastime was against the law. It was usually two cocks
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Mac Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Mac Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim