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School: Bailieboro (C.)

Location:
Coill an Chollaigh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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    One day the priest was going through a bog and there were men working in the bog. The men started to laugh at the priest and he said prayers, and he left them beating each other with spades, and then he stopped them from beating each other, and they laughed at him again. He said prayers, and he threw all the sods into the bog again, and when the boss came with the tea they had no turf made and they got the sack
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    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coill an Chollaigh, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mr Harry Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Churchais, Co. an Chabháin