School: Ráth Dairbhe (roll number 10001)
- Location:
- Radeerpark, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Henry Mc Kenna
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- The Gibbet HillThere were three men in olden times who were called "stocking men". They went from place to place to earn a living by selling stockings. While they were in this country one man disappeared from his two companions. A search was made for him. But no trace ... of him could be got for a long time.When a man was crossing over Rawbows bog he put his foot on a log, as he thought of oak, in a drain, and to his surprise it was the missing dead man's body. He was taken out of the drain and identified by a pair of shoe buckles he was wearing. The buckles were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Skeachorn, Co. Monaghan
