School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 040
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- (continued from previous page)catch him but they all failed. One day as he and his two brothers were cutting turf two peelers in civilian dress came up the bogs. The stopped to talk to some other men who were working nearby. One of the men noticed that one of the peelers wore very loose boots and an overcoat and trousers that seemed too big for him. He got suspicious and leaning back against the bank he started throwing pieces of turf across his head as a signal to Henzey that it was time to go. Suddenly the peeler flung off his loose garments and stood barefoot and dressed for a race. Henzey made away through the bog with the peeler in hot pursuit. For a mile there was nothing between them but as the ground began to slop Henzey gradually gained. He then made for the Grand Garden a field in which there was a field of different shrubs. If he got there he could(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Concannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellair or Ballyard, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Keena
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Bellair or Ballyard, Co. Offaly
