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School: Ráth Dubh, An Bhlárna (roll number 8393)

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Rathduff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
D. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0388, Page 199

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    stone that he or she would get the gift of the gab. Before a person kisses the stone he had to lie on his back, catch bars, and go through a hole in the wall and kisses it.
    An unknown person wrote this rhyme about the stone,
    There is a stone
    And who ever kisses it
    That he never misses
    to grow eloquent.
    The timber that was roofing the castle is now roofing a farmers house in the district. His name is Mr. John Turpin, Daurstown, Co. Cork. The timer is as hard that you could hardly drive a nail in it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siobhan Twomey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmona, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr P. Twomey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmona, Co. Cork