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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 097

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    the meadow". Well seeing that you have quiet enough of it drank already throw your portion on the ground. He looked with surprise at the Priest and said "Begor Father my share is in the bottom"
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    “In Tipperary is a hill shaped very much like a peaked night-cap.”

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    In Tipperary is a hill shaped very much like a peaked night-cap. Near the top of it is a pasture where once upon a time a herdsman herded his sheep. This hill had for a long time been the playground of the fairies, but the little people grew very angry when the cows trampled on it and ate its green grass.
    Something had to be done about it, or the fairies would have no place to play on moonlight
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkenny, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Peggy Hanly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycullin, Co. Tipperary