School: Tattenclave

Location:
Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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    One time there was a house on Aughelay hill...

    One time there was a house on Aughelay hill and stacks of corn on the opposite hill. One fair morning the man who owned the stacks got up on the ditch to see was the ass in the corn. The same morning he was going to the fair with flax.
    When he got up on the ditch, he saw something beside a stack. He told it to get away out of that. It did not move. He said "If I get a fork I'll put you out of that." He got a fork but when he came back
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Keelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Stranoodan, Co. Monaghan