School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)
- Location:
- Stormanstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 160
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"I was over at Barney Campbell's yesterday. The poor fellow! God help him! He was eating a herring off a plate, and on the edge of the plate was written, "Who killed Cock Robin?"
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- The following is not exactly a local tale, but it records a saying which I have heard on one occasion only.
Some years ago, shortly after the transport of Cooley potatoes to other parts of the State was prohibited, I was having lunch in the Larne Hotel, Dundalk.
The lunchers were a mixed assembly. Two of us were teachers; two others were evidently farmers; a few were clearly townspeople. But there was one man whose walk in life was hard to determine. He was a stalwart, florid-complexioned(continues on next page)
