School: Ráth gCaola (B.) (roll number 1282)
- Location:
- Ráth Caola, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Seán Ó Coindealbháin
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- Funny Stories.9. There is a man in this town named Tade Scanlan. One night Tade Scanlan was coming from the fair of Croom, and was a very dark night. Then Tade was afraid that he might meed a guard and he thought of a plan. The plan is that he tied the donkey to the back of the car and he pulled the car himself from the crossroads in. When he came near the town he met a guard. The guard said, "Where is your light?", "Begore you better go back and ask the driver", said Tade.Written by John Shiels.Told by Mr. Tim Shiels,
Ballywilliam,
Rathkeale.
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- John Shiels
- Gender
- Male
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- Mr Tim Shiels
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Liam Thuaidh, Co. Luimnigh
- Funny Stories.In a country town a party of young men used to meet every night. One of them used to go home through a grave-yard every night, and the other men asked him why he was not afraid to go through the grave-yard at night, for fear the spirits would get him. "Yerra no", says he, "I go through the grave-yard every night, and I never saw any spirits". So the others went into the grave-yard and one of them went into a grave that was opened that day, and the others hid in the(continues on next page)
