School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

Location:
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Coluin
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    seen no more. There was a little girl who went out one night to watch a well and she was turned into a furze- bush.
    The people here have geese or sometimes turkeys for their Christmas dinner.
    Long ago the country people used to go to town to buy a half - pound of tea on Christmas Morning, then they used to take some tea out and keep the rest until the next Christmas.
    It is believed that on Christmas Day every donkey goes on his knees.
    Nearly Everybody here decorates their house with holly, ivy, laurel, and mottoes
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
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