School: Model School, Clonmel
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Ella M. Adams
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- (continued from previous page)the corps to get out.
At some wakes the corps is put sitting up on a chair with a pipe in his mouth.
An old custom is that at a wake they give out snuff to the women and pipes and tobacco to the men. The owner of these would be offended if one refused.
- Fairy Forts December 1938
There is a fairy fort near Clonmel
The fairy fort is up the Ragwell on the Mountain Road, about one mile outside the town. It is near a beautiful glen and a small stream flows down the glen. Fairies are supposed to haunt it.
About three miles outside the town on the road between Clonmel and Ardfinnian there is a cave. The roof is a mixture of clay and stone. At the back of the cave there is a huge hole. it is said to have been an ice house but there are any houses near it now. - Collector
- Jessie Sparrow
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
