School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 063
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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. - One night Barney Murphy and James Walsh went into Hilton to cut a beast stick. When they were in there came a coach along the avenue. The coach went by them going in the direction of Scotshouse. Barney was all scared and was very much afraid. "Let it go to hell" says ould Walsh, "sure it's only ould Madden[?]".
- One time a man went to the bog and when he was cutting the turf he came on a long thin stone and says to himself, "this will do rightly for barring the door at night. He brought the stone home with him and he was in the best of humour. When he came home(continues on next page)
