School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)
- Location:
- Béal an Átha, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Mrs Farrell
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- An uncle of mine named James McDonnell went astray in a field in Strattenstown in which there is a "stray sod".
He was coming from work about half past six oclock.
He met a man named James Gavagan and he asked him which way would he go to get out on the other road. He told him to follow the hedge and when he came to the end to get out on the gate.
But when he came to the gate he did not go out through it but into the field containing the "stray(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nicholas Nally
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Strattonstown, Co. na hIarmhí
