School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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A strong man.
There was a man in acres named Mc Mahon.He tackled his horse and "cliabhs" and went to Limerick with a fircin of butter.When about four miles from the city the handles of the cliabhs broke and he had nothing to tie them .So he put the fircin on his head and went to Limerick with it.
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Chorra
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Corry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
