School: Cuinche

Location:
Quin, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0595, Page 177

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  1. Long ago there was a man who was in the habit of killing a pig for St. Martins Day. He was a very poor man and one year he was not able to buy a pig. He was very sorrowful when he had no pig to kill, because it was an old custom of his to kill one for St. Martin's feast every year. One night when he was in bed he heard a pig grunting at the door. He got up to put the pig away, but she would not stir, so he had to kill the pig. From that day to this the locality is called poll na much.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Clune
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Sammon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    30
    Address
    Feaghquin, Co. Clare