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School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

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Dursey Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 120

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  3. XML “"If You Might Leave then Alone"”
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  1. "If You Might Leave then Alone" (continued)

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    door out. The old man went back to bed again, and in the morning one of the young lads was complaining of a pain behind his ear. The father took him away north to Allihies to the priest as that was the general custom at the time i.e. to go first to the priest and later to the doctor - doctors being very scarce at the time. He told the priest all about him and how it happened and the priest said nothing but:-
    " If you might leave them alone. "
    The little boy got alright.
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  2. Funeral Near Dunboy

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    M. H.
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmichael, Co. Cork