School: Scairt Liath, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 2805)
- Location:
- Scartlea Upper, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Traolach Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0393, Page 233
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- (continued from previous page)she saw the hawthorn blossom caught ot and threw it out through the window. two days later there was an examination in the school at which her son attended. The son who was a twister always pretended to be sick on examination days but got really ill on the day of this examination. In the evening he was feeling better but at ten o'clock that night he got bad again. Next morning when his mother went up to his room she found him unconscious. A specialist was sent for but he could so nothing for the boy. He died the following morning at eight o'clock. The hawthorn blossom was supposed to have brought ill luck to the house.
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