School: Dromakeenan

Location:
Drumakeenan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ní Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0818, Page 143

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    their dinner they went over and there were no potatoes gone.
    One night there were two men out rambling and as they were coming home one man looked back and he saw a dog on fire and he told the other man and he said Dont look back and he just gave a glimpse back and he saw the dog on fire.
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  2. The people long ago were always having parties. They asked this young priest to a party one night. When they got him in they tied him to this big hot iron thing. A protestant that was there when he saw him he cut the ropes and let him go. The priest was all right and he was not burned.
    Over at St. Kieran's the
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Rate collector