School: Drumcar (roll number 16771)
- Location:
- Drumcar, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Mrs Bell
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- There was once a clergyman who lived in a small village called Stabannon quite close to us here.
One morning he had family prayers in his house. He read the text, "And he gave to every man a penny. There was one of his employees present with them in the room, and when he heard this text being read, he at once exclaimed, "Sure it would not keep him in tobacco." - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Ruby Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumcar, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Michael Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunleer, Co. Louth