School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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    he had finished he said "That boy is a fool if he did not eat his bread and milk" said the beggar, "Well" said Shanahan "He is not able I suppose. The day was wet and the beggar said, "I must go away" and Shanahan said "I must go to the forge for a spade. The day is not much good for any more". "What's that you said" said the beggar. "That you must go for a new spade. When you will go to the forge you will ask for a spade, and he will throw you a spade, but on no account take that one, find a fault with it and ask for another, and find a fault with that one too, and tell him give you another and take the third one. Shanahan
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry