School: Longueville, Malla (roll number 11332)
- Location:
- Garraí Mhic Uaithne, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Dhonnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)house. Their breath would kill every germ that might be in the house.
- Daneil O'Connell was in Dublin and as he was coming out of a train the top of his right ear was cut off.
When he came to Cork he asked a shopkeeper how much tobacco it would(?) him to get as would go up to the top of his right ear.
The shopkeeper named a price and O'Connell paid. He made the shopkeeper give him as much tobacco as would go from Cork to Dublin because the top of his right ear was in Dublin. - Informant
- Liam Mullane
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