School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)
- Location:
- Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 314
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- Mr Russel had a had a horse 17 hands high. He was called the Giolla Deacar. He used to draw 30 cwts of coal every month. He was never idle one day while he lived. He died at the age of 30 years.
- When we are turning the horse to the right we say hub and when we are turning her to the left we say hub.
- Collector
- Maurice Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
- We have a pony at home and his name is Franco because we bought him in the year Franco was fighting.
The old people used put a black mark on the eggs to put luck in them(continues on next page)
