School: Druim Mór (roll number 11901)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 212
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- (continued from previous page)houses have no rent to pay. They have free light and fire and seven shillings per week for life. The tenents were selected by the clergy of both denominations.
This story is told about the burial of Lord 'Blayney. On the day of the funeral two horses were in the hearse and after going on a few yards they stood "still" and refused to go on. Two more were put "in" but it was no good and finally two more were put in but still they would not move. A priest was standing near and he said that he would get the corpse to the graveyard
He ordered the people to loose the horses out and put his pony "in". Immediately the pony moved off and the funeral was carried out.
That evening some of Lord 'Blayney's friends took the priest out for a row on Muckno Lake. They asked him how he got the hearse to move but he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosaleen Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Longfield, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Patrick Bellew
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Drumlougher, Co. Armagh
