School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)
- Location:
- Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Choilldubh
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- Long ago people had no clocks and they could only tell the time by the sun.
An old woman who lived near Castleblayney had a son who went to America and he sent her home a clock. She could only tell the time when the clock struck. One day a neighbour came in and he asked her what time it was. She said that the clock had talked a while ago and that if he would sit down for a while and listen she would tell the time again- Informant
- Mrs Blackwood
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Ballynarea, Co. Armagh