School: Camross, Mountrath

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 261

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 261

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    A man was very drunk one Christmas night...

    (continued from previous page)
    "Good night sir", he said louder.
    "It's a poor and a pitiful case that a person wouldn't answer you at Christmas time" said he walking away.
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  2. There is a large stone in a place called Garron. Garron is a place near Sheirke. A man named Sampson threw the stone here. The print of his fingers are on the stone. It is nine feet in height, This big stone is called Moran's Rock.
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    Long ago a man was coming from a dance. ...

    Long ago a man was coming from a dance. He set out for home between twelve and one o' clock. He came to a rath and he saw a whit lady standing near by. He ran back and two other men put him past the woman, When he looked back at the woman he saw it was only a white ass beside the rath.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Collier
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Rossnaclonagh Outside, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Daniel Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Rossnaclonagh Outside, Co. Laois
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    One night a man was coming home from...

    One night a man was coming home from
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