School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)
- Location:
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 237
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- One Hallow Eve night Joe Killgallon and a couple more, were hunting rabbits. They saw lights , but when they went to the place, the lights disappeared . But lying on the ground in a circle were pipes . The keeper of the Greenlands was a cross man and he did not want anyone to hunt the rabbits. So they gave him the pipes to let them hunt the rabbits.
- Collector
- E. Gillan
- Address
- Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- John Joe Killgallen
- Gender
- Male
- The lists of Games played and Tricks.
Hold a key over a basin half full of water. melt some lead and pour it through the key. The lead will form into various shaps, and they are supposed to tell your future.
The hanging apple:- A hole is pierced through an apple and twine is(continues on next page)
