School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)

Location:
Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Liam Seóighe
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    Many a laugh I have too when the gentry pull up in their big cars...

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    tell the whole story. I learn a lot on my heap of stones.
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    Laugh, laugh.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. It was in Ballinrobe I first saw him carrying an old canvas bag under his arm. He wore an old battered trouser, a grey jacket, and an old cáileín an his bald head. I learnt afterwards that he lived with his wife and three children in an old caravan on the roadside.
    After a while he was a friend of mine with black dishevellad hair over his grey eyes, his lurching walk, and red sun-tanned face. He shouted wildly.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Luideánn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mhaigh Eo