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School: Cromadh (B.)

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Croom, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0507, Page 080

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    “There was a man down at the end of the parish, I forget who it was now, and he had the book of Colmalle.”

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    book of Colmcille. Father Lee, God rest his sowl, used be always after him for it, and I believe he got it in the long run. Everything that he towld about was going to happen was down in the book.
    Colmcille was a great saint. He had three pets, a cat, a wren and a butterfly. He had them tamed and trained and they'd do anything for him. One day the Saint went out on his bishness. When he was gone the wran made at the butterfly and ate him and when the cat saw that, he made at the wran and ate him. When the Saint came home, he knew what was after happening. "Oh vo! vo! vo!" say she "ye were only poor dumb things and ye didn't know any better, but the people that do [know better] are no better than ye, for they'll ate each other till the end of time." (James Dinneen)
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    “Every seven years there does a plowman with a plough and a pair of grey horses come up out of the lake (loch na gcoire near Cnoc Dromh Asail) of a moonlight night and go ploughing the hill.”

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    " Every seven years there does a plowman with a plough and a pair of grey horses come up out of the lake ( Loch na gCoire near Cnoc Dromh Asail ) of a moonlight night and go ploughing the hill. They say that whoever sees him will die before the year is out. And you never heard that! Sure that's why they say that when a man is given up, he saw the ploughman with the white horses "

    John O'Connell
    Duxtown
    Rathkeale
    Rugadh a athair (?) i naice an locha
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John O Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    32
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Duckstown, Co. Limerick