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School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

Location:
An Gleann Garbh, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 170

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    “It is a custom at every wedding down to our own days for straw boys to come to the weddings.”

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  2. The Priest's Leap

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    Once upon a time in the time of the Penal Laws a priest was coming from the County Kerry to the County Cork. In those days there was £20:0:0 reward for a priest who was brought dead or alive.
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