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School: Knocktoosh, Ráthluirc (roll number 12786)

Location:
Knocktoosh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghruagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 119

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    My Grandfather told me this story.
    Sunday was the first day in May this year
    People say that May is a very airy month. There are a lot of stories told about pishogues that are worked during this month. This is an account of one of them.
    There was a girl going with a bottle of cream to a Priest for to colour his tea On her way she met a man on the road with a horse and cart and he asked her to sit in and she went in and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah Curtin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rowls (Langford) North, Co. Cork