School: Cromadh (B.) (roll number 9306)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0508, Page 14
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“Once there was a man from the Patrickswell side going to Cork.”
(continued from previous page)him in the same manner with a glowing coal in it. He thanked them and went his way, thinking it strange they did not speak and wondering was it a wake they were at.When he was returning the following evening - he had taken good stock of the place - he kept his eye out for the house where he reddened his pipe in such a strange manner and to his surprise there was only a bit of a ruined wall there. That ruin is standing there yet near Pairc na ndoinne (Paurcanina already referred to ).From Denis Lyons, tailor, 40 Croom.
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“Bodhaheen = (? Boidaichín) the boss of straw into which, for convenience the scollops are thrust...”
Bodhaheen = ( ? Bodaichín) the boss of straw into which, for convenience the scollops are thrust - like pins in a pin cushion - by a thatcher. I got the word from Thomas Hogan(continues on next page) - Informant
- Thomas Hogan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Shoemaker
- Address
- Croom, Co. Limerick