School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 170
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- One night a man was drinking in Prescotts. He got very drunk and he fell asleep. The people thought he was dead.They made a coffin and put him into it. When they were going he kicked the coffin. But he said to him "You spoke too late". They buried him beside the river.
- Long ago about three miles from Camross there lived a woman in a little small house at the foot of(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Matthew Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Laois
