School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)the bottle of 'whiskey,' and one started blaming the other for leaving it on the island.
- One time he stole chickens out of some yard, and the police followed him for it. He went into the church graveyard.
When he was surrounded he cut the head off the chicken and rubbed the blood on his throat. The police came and when they saw Paddy, they thought his throat was cut and they ran for the priest and doctor. When the police were gone, Paddy ran away and was never caught. - 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
- Gerard Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Charles Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
