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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 05_011

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  1. The Moonlighters

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    The moon lighters
    1st June, 1938.
    Long ago, the moonlighters used
    to go in the nights and
    steal sheep and other things. The
    moon lighters had a little hut
    that they built for to live in.
    When they would steal the
    sheep they would bring them
    and put them into the hut and
    leave them in it. One night the
    guards came and cot the sheep
    in the hut. They had a pot
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Daniel Mc Carhty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare