School: Dubh-Áth (B.) (roll number 11067)
- Location:
- Duagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 120
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- (continued from previous page)the third reads as follows: A woman went to a funeral and when she was coming home she took a shortcut across the fields. The way led across a river and when she was crossing she slipped and fell and was carried away and drowned. Then her husband stated the proverb - "The longest way around is the shortest way home".
The stort attached to the last reads: A woman called her son one morning to go for a bucket of water to quench a fire, which had started in the kitchen. The boy got up quickly and ran for the water dressed only in his shirt and trousers, which he
