School: Straboe (roll number 12934)
- Location:
- Straboe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 119
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- My father was telling me his Father was telling him when he was a chap about thirteen or fourteen years he went with a neighbour of his named John Carroll to the house of a named Peter Fanning in Moneybau Bog where a game of cards was to be played for a pair of chickens. My Grand-Father had a big sheep dog with him which lay between his legs at the fire. The game was about to start. There were right to play they asked My Grand-father to fall in to play to make nine, not knowing how to play he refused. Immediately the door was knocked the call was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Theresa Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Lalor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 49
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Eyne, Co. Laois
