School: Clochar San Pól, Cill Fhíonáin (roll number 13026)
- Location:
- Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 429
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- (continued from previous page)from him. It was due to the weight of the black dog on the car the dog was commonly known as Donoven's black dog.
- One day Thomas Brazzil was cutting rushes in a field near Martinstown Church. He had a file with him for edging the sythe. He stuck the file in a corner of the where he could get it when needed. After a while the sythe needed edging so he went to the corner to get the file and he could not find it. The rushes were very high. He was looking for it for a long time, it was gone out of the place where he put it, and he thought some one took it. Then he heard a noise and he crept to the ditch where he heard (this) a hammer hammering. At first he could not see anything he went down on his knees and waited there until started again and underneath a large(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tom Brazzill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bosnetstown, Co. Limerick
