School: Na Creaga

Location:
Na Creaga, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Liam Ó Breandáin
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    priest. The priest asked him in what form did the ghost appear to him, he said in the form of an ass. The priest told him to go home and have sense, and not be frightened at his own shadow.
    There was once a crowd of Irish men working in England. One day one of the english men drew an ass's head on the irishman's coat. When they were at dinner, the irish-man said who wipped their face on my coat.
    There were once two fellows going to a foot ball match. They were at the Hill of Down near Dublin, and the boy that was inside, asked the boy that had his head out the window "What station are we at now "Bovril" said the other boy. "He saw an advertisement for bovril.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. scéalta grinn (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angie Kilby
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Na Creaga, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    William Keaveney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Na Creaga, Co. na Gaillimhe