School: Ballymakenny, Drogheda (roll number 831)
- Location:
- Ballymakenny, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 181
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- The following story is a very common one in the district. It was told to Patsy Carberry by his father - a farm worker in Ballymakenny. The father is over 40.
"Once upon a time two boys went to rob an orchard. It was in the dead of night and when they the apples in a bag they started to divide them. There was a graveyard next to the orchard and they went in there to divide the apples. They were saying "one for you and one for me, one for you & one for me". A man who was passing got a great fright and ran home and said he heard two divils dividing the souls."
- Once upon a time a woman used never go to Mass on Sunday only working. The work she done was baking bread on a griddle every Sunday. She was baking bread this Sunday and she dropped dead(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Halligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymakenny, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Halligan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- Over 40
- Address
- Ballymakenny, Co. Louth
