School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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- About eighty years ago the story I am going to relate happened in the village of Larganboy. At that time the men were very fond of card-playing. They used to assemble at a neighbour's house every night and sometimes they would be playing cards till midnight.
One Sunday night they went into a house and stayed playing till half-past eleven. When they were going home the woman of the house laid her hand on her nephew's shoulder and told to him to for a cup of tea, as tea was only new that time. It was midnight when he left his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Kirrane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonbulban, Co. Mayo
