School: Tattenclave

Location:
Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 134

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    marry. Long ago at a wedding used to come a man like a clown. He had a lid of a tea chest, and was battering on it with a lump of stick. He got a chair and stood up on it and told stories. There was a woman for telling fortunes. Every time she met a wedding on the road, and told her fortune.
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  2. The nearest place where Mass was celebrated in olden times was down at Drumsnatt, Threemilehouse. There is a large stone at the spot, and nowadays when there is a funeral at it, the men who are carrying the corpse
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Packie Mc Carvill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    John Farmer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan