School: Presentation Brothers' School, Cóbh

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Cóbh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An Bráthair Ó Doghair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 365

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 365

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    One day when the building was about half completed a workman became insane on a scaffold about eighty feet from the ground. The first symptoms of his insanity showed themselves when he challenged a fellow workman to jump with him to the ground. At first the workman did not know what to do but he maintained his presence of mind. Then he said calmly to the lunatic "That's altogether too easy, what about going to the bottom and jumping up." The lunatic readily agreed and when he had descended he was put into the custody of the police.
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    To the east of Ringaskiddy there is a small piece of land jutting out into the sea.

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
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