School: Darley
- Location:
- Cootehill, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Newburn
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- One day three mitchers were mitching from school. They found a wasps nest in a ditch. The first boy went over to the nest and put his ear to it and told the others it was the master going over the old songs and the boys were singing very nicely. The second boy went over and put his ear to it and said it was an orange - hall and the band master was playing the band, and that he would come out and kill us if we do not run for our lives. The third boy went over and put his ear to the nest and a couple of wasps came out and stung him on the ear.
- Informant
- Mr John Hammond
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Derryroosk, Co. Monaghan
