School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)
- Location:
- Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 223
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- (continued from previous page)came along and the minster said "Which of us has the right religion"? The Jewman said, "If the Messiah came on earth the priest is right. If he never came I'm right but whether he came or not you're wrong.
- A man brought spuds from Protestants known as the Coopers and the priest was joking him and the man said "before I'll eat them I'll boil the devil out of them."
- There were fairies in a fort down in Cloulty, and the fairies used to be singing "Monday Tuesday" in Irish This old man was passing there one night and he had a hump on him and heard the fairies singing "Monday Tuesday" and he said Wednesday and they took him into the house and they were delighted to get a new word and he went home, and when he got up next morning he had no hump on him. He had an old(continues on next page)
