School: Tullogher, Ros Mhic Treoin (roll number 14648)
- Location:
- Tullagher, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mrs Winnie Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 335
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- (continued from previous page)Ghost Story (concluded)
The spirit asked permission to wet his little finger in water, but the Priest would not allow him: had he been allowed to do this it would have been in his power to drown ships.
In life this Lovat was a native of the Rower. People of that name probably(continues on next page)
- (continued from previous page)The people in District of Tullogher have always been prejudiced against the people of Glenmore and vice versa; this prejudice existed in the past and even at the present day.It used to be a boast with people to say:-
"I always had enough to eat".
This dread of hunger was in the Irish people since the Famine Years especially '47 and no wonder.Witness the following Rann made by Glenmore district against Tullogher:-"White cabbage and bacon in Glenmore today,
But Tullogher must sell it, the rent for to pay"
