School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín

Location:
Kilcoe, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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    stack of oats and a stack of barley outside.
    He threshed the oats and barley and sold it in Skibbereen. He owed a few debts and he paid them with the money he received for the corn.
    When he came home that night he died and before he died he said. "Let everyone pay their debts whatever else they do and that was the only thing he said from the time he arose from the place where he was laid out until he died that night.
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  2. Long ago a man named Driscoll was coming from "sgoiriochting" and he was smoking his pipe. As he was crossing a fence his pipe fell out of his mouth. He remained for a while searching it and he could not get it.
    He arose early next morning and went searching for it and he could not get it
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Dan Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Skeaghanore West, Co. Cork