School: Baile an Chaisleáin, PortLáirge (roll number 15841)
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Gobnait Ní Dhuinnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 49
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- (continued from previous page)side pull "Tug of War". The game is replayed over again.
- Two Giants lived in this locality hundreds of years ago. Their names were Longa and Cannon. They often indulged in stone-throwing. One day the two giants had a contest. They wished to see who would throw a stone the longest distance. They stood on a hill. One of the stones fell in a field in Drumcannon. The marks of the giants [g] fingers are still to be seen on the stone. Carriglong is named after longa and Drumcannon is named after Cannon. Longa's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gwen Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carriglong, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr Power
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carriglong, Co. Waterford