School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 141
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A FuneralOnce upon a time there was a funeral going to Mountown Graveyard (Walterstown) late in the evening. As soon as the people entered the graveyard, they saw two men who were dead a long time before that, sitting on a tomb-stone counting all the people who were at the funeral. According as the funeral drew near them, they got smaller and smaller till at last they disappeared altogether.7 March 1938Written by
Alacoque Collins,
Follistown,
Brownstown
NavanGiven by
Mr R Collins,
(road-worker)
Same address - Seven Little MenOne night there were two men coming home from the shop on the Glen Road. They were talking about card-playing. As they were chatting(continues on next page)
