School: Anacarty (C.) (roll number 8957)

Location:
Annacarty, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Bríghid Ní Riain
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    A local man named Jeremiah Carmody of Cappamurragh, Dundrum who us now dead R.I.P. was coming from a public house one moonlight night and lost his way.

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    his wife got uneasy about him and started out to meet him, on a path by which he was in the habit of coming home. To her dismay when she had gone halfway she found a flood had risen.
    She then called loudly, and said "Jer' where are you?" He was drunk and looking down on the waters said "Begor Mary! where ever I am, I am about a hundred miles over the moon."
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    Some years ago, there was a football team in England known as the London-Irish team.

    Some years ago, there was a football team in England known as the London-Irish team.
    One day they met with an English team in a challenge match. The teams went to their dressing rooms to tog out for the match. Now on the Irish team
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortussa, Co. Tipperary