School: Cill Tártáin
- Location:
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0020
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- (continued from previous page)a long way travelled and had met no fool yet. At last he saw a man with his trousers hanging on two sticks which were stuck on the ground. He went over to him and asked him what was he doing. He told him that he was trying to put on his trouser. The other man told him to catch it in his hand and put one leg out first and then the other one.
"Thanks very much", "I never thought of that plan. Good luck." "That is fool number one" said the man to himself. He kept on travelling and he saw a man shovelling as fast as he could. The man asked him what he was doing. "Oh" he said "Do you see that lovely sun, I am trying to shovel it into the oats it is very good for it.
"That is fool number two" said the man to (man) himself and he kept on travelling. He (said) I was not gone far when he saw a man on a ladder and he had a rope tied to a cow's head. The man asked him what was he doing and he said he was trying to bring the cow up in the house to eat the fine grass that is growing there.
"Would you not go up yourself and cut(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Mc Nevin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenbrack, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Mc Nevin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Glenbrack, Co. Galway
