School: Gleannach (Glenough) (roll number 8224)
- Location:
- Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhreasail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 279
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“A carpenter's axe fell into a pond of water one day.”
(continued from previous page)John to go in for it. When he went down he brought up a golden axe and the carpenter said that it was not his. He went down again and he brought up a silver axe and the carpanter said that it was not his. He dived a third time and brought up his axe, the carpanter thanked him. Everybody heard of it and one man brought an axe and threw it into the pond. He asked John to dive for it. John dived and brought up a gold axe, and the man said it was his, "It is not" said John "you can dive away for your own now.
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“In the parish of Kilcommon a house was haunted when they were in bed in night the cups would be put on the table they put no heed in it and every night thus used to occur.”
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