School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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“Once there were rats in Nohoval graveyard and they ate the bodies.”
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“There was a man long ago named Seán na Stocaí so called because he made his living by selling stockings.”
There was a man long ago named Seán na Stocaí so called because he made his living by selling stockings He had a car and a white pony. He had four sons and they and his wife used to stay at home in his little farm. There was a superstition then that if anyone died before he was a hundred(continues on next page)