School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

Location:
Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Colm
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    Down at Flower Hill there was no bridge at one time and the people had to walk across the Blackwater.

    Down at Flower Hill there was no bridge at one time and the people had to walk across the Blackwater. In summer time they often went across on stepping stones. After a while they made a wooden bridge.
    One night there was a feast in Fitzherberts a large house along the river. The guests came to the feast in coaches drawn by four horses. They all got drunk at the feast and when they were going home the wooden bridge broke down and they all fell into the river.
    Every year on that date
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Hilliard
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Academy Street, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Joseph Kappock
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath