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School: An Chathair Gharbh (roll number 13896)

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Cahergarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Criostóir Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 330

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    he told her to get a green stone and sit on it until he would tell her to get up. She did so and after a few hours she got sick and died before the man. It was how the poison that the green stone contains that killed her. He did not agree with her and he knew that if she lived after him, she would be married within a week.
    Long ago the people did not know what flour was and one day a woman bought a stone of flour and after bringing it home she did not know how to use it so she, and her family, eat for supper.
    The people long ago did not sell their stock but they would exchange stock, or exchange shares in a boat, or nets.
    Some time ago a man lived in Fuhir, Castletown Bere, and he had three sons. He was very holy and every evening the three sons and himself used to go to a certain field, that was out of
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Súilleabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Fuhur, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Ellen Murphy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80