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School: Carn (roll number 12537)

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Knocknashammer, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Miadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 222

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    a box. On opening it he saw three stockings tied with string. He opened it and to his delight he found £60.
    Another story is told of the famine. A man had ten Shilings and he bought oatmeal cakes with it from a grocer. He had not gone far when the grocer ran after him and called him took the oatmeal cakes and kept them. He then buired the man in a ditch.
    Information Supplied by
    Mrs Mc Nulty
    Age 73
    Gunteen,
    Co. Silgo
    Written by
    Geard Kilcoy
    Same Address
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerard Kilcoyne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Sligo