School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 080
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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. - Some people believe that Saturday is an unlucky day for delivering a sold article. Often men would not start working at a job on Monday because it is considered an unlucky day.
- Slings are made for stone throwing. Get two pieces of twine and a piece of leather. Attach both twines to the leather and the sling is made(Mícheál Ó Cléirigh from Jim Clarke Clonmellon Co na Midle)
- There is a fort down at Balls of Killallon about a mile outside Clonmellon. This fort was supposed to be inhabited by fairies. A long time ago the people used to be sitting on the fort every Sunday evening. One Sunday as they were sitting on the hill one of the men saw a lot of fairies playing football. The other men could see no one playing football. The man that saw the fairies wanted to go down to where they were kicking the football but the others would not let him. At last he went down to the fairies and they kept(continues on next page)
