School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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- Collector
- Pat O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- John O' Neill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 70
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
- Not more than sixty years ago there lived a man in the townland of Killyfargy whose name was Dan Morgan. He was a fiddler. Every night he went to play the fiddle. In those times there were scutch-houses where the people scutched their flax in the barn. After the scutching a dance would be held. The scutching was chiefly done by girls. One night this Dan Morgan was called after he went to bed. He got up(continues on next page)