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School: Lough Gur, Kilmallock (roll number 7117)

Location:
Loughgur, Co. Limerick
Teachers:
T. Collins P. Ó Seaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0516, Page 023

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    for starch. Besides the starch turning gold, a fine lady in a carriage was (w) throwing up gold balls in one hand and catching them with the other hand so the fright awoke her.
    Anyway Sean stole away and was soon in a fine Palace under the lake Sean began to play and he said he could knock a song out of a born dummy or a jig out of a stone statue
    Close on morning he left this palace along with the lady. She gave him as a reward a purse of gold and no matter what he would take out of it, it remained full. When he reached home he had nothing only a purse of fur blossoms.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughgur, Co. Limerick