School: Cnoc an Doire (B.) (roll number 2418)
- Location:
- Cnoc an Doire, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Seaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 112
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One night there was a wake in a house near Castleisland. There was a student home from college at the wake. He was joking all the people. There was an old man there called "Dole" that used to burying all the neighbours. He pretended to know all about skulls and bones, as he used be throwing them in and out of tombs. He being a medical student he got interested in the old man. He wagered him a pound note that he would not go into Disart Churchyard and bring a man's skull to the wake. but, it should be a man's skull. The old man went to the churchyard. He went into a tomb and selected(continues on next page)
