School: Scoil na Móna Fliche (Moanflugh) (roll number 10272)
- Location:
- Moanflugh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Deasmhumhnaigh
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- They were the news-carriers, and were kindly treated in every house. A beggar always carried a bag on his back, with many other "wallets" among his balcaisí. Often bare-footed. They were given food, a place to sleep if staying for the night, and breakfast the following morning before starting out again.
- He began his prayers and petitions before reaching the house, and continued them for some time after entering the kitchen, in a continuous stream of words. Ending of one (from Mrs O'Donoghue (90), of Macroom)
'Nár fhagadh-sa bás go deo go mbéarfaidh mé sólás na Nodlag liom! Go saoraidh Dia ó bhás i ndorchacht na h-oidhche sinn! Go dtugaidh Dia grásta na foidhne daoibh-se is domh-sa chun trioblóidí an tsaoghail seo iomchar go fulangach foidhneach agus beannacht Dé le h-anmann na marbh agus le nbhúr n-anam féin ar uair bhúr mbáis!'