School: Tiobraid Árann (B.) (roll number 1285)
- Location:
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Floinn
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“Years and years ago it was said that a small dog was always seen at a gap by the roadside.”
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- John Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
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- Miss Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
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“It is said that if you have luck in a small house you should not build another.”
It is said that if you have luck in a small house you should not build another. A man once was living in a small farm house. He had great luck in it and the he decided to build a new one when stood the ruin of another house which was said to be haunted. He did not believe in such superstition so he set to work with a few other men knocking down the walls of the ruin. Everything went well till the new house was built. One day while he was upstairs putting up pictures an ugly looking man appeared to him and said, "If you will come into this house anymore you(continues on next page)