School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)
- Location:
- Cormeen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 390
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- (continued from previous page)near by, and he went out and brought a hatchet with him. and cut the legs of every one in the field and put them standing on the avenue with the hooves up.
The boss told him when the party would be gathered to come in and throw an eye at all that was at the party. and when he'd come to him to throw two eyes at him. He went out and pulled the eyes out of every beast in the field and put them in a bag. When everyone came and were sitting he went in and didn't leave one that he didn't throw an eye at.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornaville South, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Pat Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornaville South, Co. Meath
