School: Cromadh (B.)

Location:
Croom, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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    Do bhí dochtuir i baróiste Mainistir na Féile ...

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    an dochtura a scríobh síos an cúntas sin is eadh é. Níl aon dabht ach go raibh an tÁrd-Deácon O Beaglí ag cuimhneamh ar an nós a luaidhtear thuas, nuair a scríobh sé cuntas Cill Íde is Cill m'Íde sa Seanchus Fairche Luimnighe a chum sé.
    Níl Cill Íde abhfad ó theoranta Ciarraighe is Corcaighe.
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    The following childish, or perhaps better, children's rhyme preserves the names of the last dwellers in Croker's Road, Croom.

    The following childish, or perhaps better, children's rhyme preserves the names of the last dwellers in Croker's road, Croom. (Cuid 1, 11)
    "There's rats in my house, says Katie Keevane.
    "Put them in the quod", says Jim Dodd.
    "Throw them out in the channel," says Mick O'Donnell.
    "Stick them in the heart again", says old Kit Hartigan.
    "Put them fencing", says Mary Benson.
    "Throw them out in the garden", says Ally Harding.
    "Get some poison remedy", says Ned Kennedy.
    "This lane was known as Green Cottage Lane" to its dwellers and their neighbours. It got that name because when the flood would rise (in the river which ran beside and parallel to it) it would be up along the walls of the houses, and when it would go down again, the walls would be covered with
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    John O Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Skagh, Co. Limerick