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School: Tinryland, Carlow

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Tinriland, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Seidhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 485

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  1. Tales

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Richard Heydon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Tinriland, Co. Carlow

  2. May Morning

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    9.
    Long ago people of this part of the country would not allow anyone to take water from their well on a May morning fearing their butter would be taken. An old story is told of a woman who was seen one May morning cutting the water of a stream with a scissors and at the same time saying
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