School: Ardgroom (roll number 12261)

Location:
Ardgroom, Co. Cork
Teacher:
R. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 440

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  1. About twenty years ago the people did a lot of fishing around here. Every dark night they used go out with a sceine to catch mackerel. There were about sixteen men joined on the sceine altogether. They used leave a strand called cuas, and go as far as a place called Dúna, see would they see any fish.
    Every night when the men used come to the strand, they used sit down on a rock by the strand until it used get dark. As soon as it used get dark a object like a horse used run out of the water and gallop up the strand.
    He used do the same thing every night. When they used come in he used be running around a field near the strand pulling
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Sullivan