School: Lappen (roll number 2020)

Location:
Lappan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Seán Ó Ruanadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 110

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 110

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  1. Arthur Kelly, Groves Lower owed a lawyer in Armagh a big sum. He was a fiddler & this day he took his fiddle & player through the street of Armagh up to the lawyer's door. The lawyer's wife knew him & she called her husband & when she saw Arthur's position he of course knew it was hopeless to try to recover he money.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
      2. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    3. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lappan, Co. Monaghan
  3. When the tithes were being collected a John Queen showed the officials around tenant's crops and so many many stooks would have to be taken. It was arranged to have
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