School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)carry it home. When the man came back from his dinner he had a sugán with him. He tied it around the flagstone and carried it home on his back.
- Tobar Muire is a river that rises in Toor and flows through Maudlin, Esker and Killcollin. A man saw the Blessed Virgin on the banks of the river so giving it the name.
- Collector
- J. Moran
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- We will have bad weather when the moon is on its back and has the shadow of the old moon around it.
When the river makes a(continues on next page)
