School: Páirc na Coille

Location:
Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 154

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  1. There lived long ago, an old man named Leydon, in the parish of Killmore County Westmeath. The people round there liked him greatly. Immediately when he died, the people got a blind piper and had him playing at the dead man's head. They had to much mischief and a few men decided to go and tell the Priest who lived nearby. After a while he came to the house and dispersed the people into the sandpit, which was outside the house.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Killalea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigeenroe, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Cuiltyconeen, Co. Roscommon