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School: Muileann na hUamhan (C.) (roll number 15363)

Location:
Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0561, Page 060

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    About a quarter of a mile from mullinahone on the south side there is a river and beneath its waters a house and family are supposed to be submerged.
    It happened one night that a number of men assembled around the table to play cards. They continued playing until midnight and during that time many ugly sayings were used. One man stood up to go home because the following day was Sunday and he wanted to be able to go to mass.
    The rest of the party remained and one of them stooped down to pick up a card which had fallen under the table. He saw a cloven foot! They had no time to disperse because at
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cecilia Greene
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Ballylynan, Co. Laois