School: Meelick (B.)
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- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)any alms he'd get. Potatoes were a common alms for him He always carried them in a bag supported in front of him on his outstretched arm; 5 stones of potatoes were no trouble to him.
About a night was as much as he wd. spend in one house. He was always more than welcome.
His simplicity is still proverbial. If a person does anything very foolish, we hear "Tom Hickey w'dn't do that."
He used to wear a policeman's coat & trousers. - Mick Bourke (Potato-Fye), from Cahernorry in Co. Limerick. He reigned(continues on next page)