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School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)

Location:
Golden, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 241

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    into a hallway where she found her son hanged. The lord then said to her to take home her son now that he would not remain away from school again.
    the woman was so distracted that she prayed that bad luck would fall upon him and his family.
    One day the Lord's two sons were playing in one of the rooms when one of the boys said that they would play hanging. They tied a cord to the ceiling and one of the boys stood up on a chair and the other boy tied a cord round his neck.
    He then said to the boy on the chair, "are you ready" and the lad replied that he was. he then kicked the chair aside
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. soothsayers (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Golden, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mortimer O' Connell
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    17
    Address
    Golden, Co. Tipperary