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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 138

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  1. St Gobnait (continued)

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    but they had to bring it back that night. A farmer took it one evening and it was too late it back. When he got up in the morning he could not find the stone. He went to Baile Mhúirne and he saw the stone there. Any man could not take the stone out of that place since. The people rub a cloth to it now.
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    “Folach Fiadh is a bank of burned stones.”

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    Folach Fiadh is a bank of burned stones. Long ago the Danes used to cook their meals there. There is always a well near it.

    There is one of those wells in Jerry Buckley's land in Doon. Some time long ago the water was scarce and big
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Conchubhar
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doonasleen South, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pádruig Ó Concubhar
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43