School: An Corrbhaile

Location:
Corbally, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 337

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    from his cows. It was said that only a pure black dog without a white hair was the only dog that could catch the hare.
    In olden times no one would think of being a school master unless he was a cripple or without a hand or an eye or some other deformity.
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  2. At a certain cross road twas said that a ghost used to appear. A certain man was in the habit of being out late so another young man made up his mind to play the ghost and so appear at the cross. So he covered himself up in a white sheet and sat at the cross till the man came along. So when the men
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Lill Mescall
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male