School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Tuaithe (C.) (roll number 16251)
- Location:
- Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Ailís Ní Bhuadhacháin
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- A man, returning to his home, about 12 o'clock one night from the village of Templetuohy, decided to make a short cut through a field near the Corrig road.
He climbed over the boundary wall of Longorchard demesne and into a field. When he did so a strange thing happened. A barrel, or what looked like a barrel began rolling through the field in front of him, and a voice apparently coming from the barrel said - "O, Tom, What a pity!"
The man, whose name was "Tom" was courageous, and continued on his way, but he could not understand this(continues on next page)