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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Droichead na Banndan (roll number 5257)

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Bandon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0314, Page 123

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    one day to seek relief and they met a man on the road and he asked them where they were going to and they said "to Clonakilty, God help us."
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    Long ago in the County Tipperary on May eve the people used to pluck the May tree and put it outside the door and decorate it with wild flowers and they used to take pieces of the May tree in the corner of every field that there were crops in. Here too, the people used to put a coal fire into the mouth of each bag of corn before setting it and quench it with holy water in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Ghost '' that the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peig Ní Cobhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Enniskean, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Brighid, Bean Ní Cobhthaigh
    Gender
    Female