School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camros, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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“Long ago there was a great mill at the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains.”
(continued from previous page)sort of barley called the "Black Pinion" barley used to be sowed at that time. It was used for making some sort of beer or ale.
One night this man was making this stuff with some other man so they were smoking cigarettes while they were making it. When they had the stuff made they began to drink it, so after some time they began to fight and didn't the cigarettes fall out of their mouths and set fire to the mill. After some time the men fell asleep so the next morning they were found burnt to death and the mill burnt to dust. There is a few old(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Matthew Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- An Cheathrú Riabhach, Co. Laoise